
Class E'XqZ 



I'RESRNTi;!) BY 




MRS. DONALD MCLEAN, 
PRESIDENr-GENEKAL NATIONAL SOCIETY DALCHI ERS AMERICAN RE\-ULU1U>N. I905. 



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HISTORY 






OF THE 



Massachusetts Daughters 



OF THE 



AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 




DECEMBER, 1891 DECEMBER, 1905. 



HEADQUARTERS 

of the 

MASSACHUSETTS DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, 

417 Pierce Building, Copley Square, 

BOSTON. 



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forc\i)orti. 



All history is of value, and a knowledge of history be- 
comes more important with the passing of time, and was never 
more important than in these days of stirring events and 
wondrous change. 

The debts which we owe to the past, we must needs pay 
to the future. We live in the past by a knowledge of its 
history, and in the future by hope and anticipation. 

In view of these facts we will all agree as to the necessity 
of recording and preserving the anniversaries of our memo- 
rable events, and setting up the milestones of our history. 

Senator Dolliver, in his address at the last Continental 
Congress, said that "the D. A. R. in gathering up the frag- 
ments of honor, and glory, and valor, and sacrifice, and pre- 
serving with sacrecl vigilance the least name among those 
who were interested in laying the foundations of our national 
life, had caught the most beautiful idea that had ever entered 
into the history of this world." 

Mindful of the injunction to save the memorials of the 
past, that future generations might not forget, and that the 
history of the Massachusetts D. A. R. might be put into tangi- 
ble form for ready reference, early in 1905, a card was sent ^ 
to each chapter in the state, asking for a brief history of the 
chapter, a condensed account of work done, and pictures of 
Its 'patron saint ' or of any tablets or memorials placed." 

Most of the chapters responded to this appeal, and the 
result is most gratifying. All the reports have a thrill of life 
and show splendid progress, and we feel that each chapter in 
our state is a link in the chain which binds all the chapters of 
our country into one great hajmonious whole. 

Massachusetts' DaughtCcr^'^Jave just reason to congratu- 
late themselves upon what has been accomplished, for they 
have been making history of which they may well be proud. 

At the State Conference in October the historian recom- 
mended that these sketches be published in book form, and 
at the regents' meeting in December, it was voted that this 
be done, and that each chapter should stand behind the his- 
torian to the amount of two dollars, entitling it to one of the 
books. 

Gill 
Anthor 
4 Ja '09 




MRS. C. H. MASURY, STATE REGENT MASSACHUSETTS. 



Later a request was sent to the chapters for the names 
and pictures of their " Real Daughters," women whose fathers 
took part in the great struggle for American Independence. 
Massachusetts has had 103 of these daughters on its roll, 
forming a connecting link between that eventful period of our 
country's history (which our society commemorates) and the 
present time — and 32 are still living. Names of these 
''real daughters " have been obtained, and pictures as far as 
it was possible to secure them. A brief account of the early 
days of the Society of the Daughters of the American Revo- 
lution in Massachusetts is also appended, with lists of officers, 
numerous pictures, etc., and a few of the important things, for 
which the State, as a whole, has stood. 

The history of the D. A. R. in Massachusetts is the his- 
tory of the Chapters of the State, and in the sketches which 
follow will be found much valuable treasure, which could not 
be had otherwise. Each has its story to tell of work done, 
many written on tablets, and monuments, that "all who run 
may read." Who shall say that the work has not been satis- 
factory .'' 

Though the sketches which make up the greater part of 
this book are not history in the ordinary sense of the word, 
they throw a great deal of light on history, and the tablets 
and monuments act as reminders to all who behold them. 

The historian desires to express her grateful acknow- 
ledgments to the Chapters for their cordial co-operation and 
help, and their expressions of kindly interest and appreciation, 
which have made the work not so much a duty as a labor of 
love. 

She thanks also those who have contributed information, 
pictures, cuts or dies, or who have helped in any way to make 
this record possible. 

She hopes too, that the Chapters will be satisfied with 
the sketches which they have prepared, and the way in which 
they are presented, and she sends the volume out to them, 
asking for their consideration, their sisterly kindness, and 
charity. 

AxxA L. Bailey, 
State Historian Massachusetts D. A. R. 



0tigin of tl)e ?Daugl)tcrjs of tl)c amcricau 

IHcbolution in tl)c ^tatc of 

jHajSj2Jacl)U]gcttjS, 



[Taken in part from the records of Miss Rebecca Warren Brown of 
Boston and from the National Board Records in Washington.] 



In the spring of 1891, Miss Rebecca Warren Brown of 
Boston was elected honorary state regent of Massachusetts 
by the National Society, D. A. R., in Washington. On 
December 17, 1891, Mrs. Adelaide A. Calkins of Springfield 
was appointed a chapter regent. Miss Brown and Mrs. 
Calkins attended the first Continental Congress of 1892, 
representing Massachusetts, which at the time had no chap- 
ters. Mrs. A. Howard Clark, assistant registrar general, a 
native of Gloucester, residing in Washington, unofficially repre- 
sented Massachusetts on the National Board of Management. 

On December 19, 1891, Miss Brown called a meeting of 
Boston ladies at her home, and Mrs Samuel Eliot was elected 
state regent. On account of illness of both Miss Brown and 
Mrs. Eliot no other meeting was held in Boston that year. 
Mrs. Calkins in March, 1892, called a meeting of ladies in 
Springfield, and on June 17, 1892, twenty-three became 
charter members of a chapter. On March 28, 1892, Miss 
Annie C. Warren was elected the second chapter regent. 
No other officers were elected in Boston until May, 1892, 
when the following were appointed : Mrs. Francis P. Sprague, 
Treasurer ; Mrs. Joseph E. Davis, Secretary, and Miss Annie 
B. Shaw, Registrar. These appointments were made at the 
request of Mrs. Samuel Eliot. Meantime another honorary 
state regent was appointed in the person of Mrs. Mary Adams 
Quincy. 

Mrs. Samuel Elliot succeeded Miss Warren as chapter 
regent, November 8, 1893, and held the office with honor 
until her death in March, 1906. Mrs. Eliot in turn was suc- 
ceeded by Mrs. Charles M. Green, of Boston, as state regent, 
which office she resigned November i, 1895, and was sue 
ceeded by Mrs. Charles H. Masury of Danvers. 



aBtcc^|Brc)SiDcnt (3cncralj2J from iHajS32iacl)uiSctt0 

Mrs. Evelyn Fellows Masuky. 
Mrs. Lucy E. Emery Fuller. 
Mrs. Harriet P. Simpson. 



Miss Rebecca Warren Brown. 
Mrs. Roger Wolcott. 
Mrs. E. Everett Holbrook. 



2ctiu &tatc Mcgcnt^ of iHa0<3acl)ii!eicttjs 

1 891-1906. 

Emily Marshall Eliot, Boston, Dec. 1891 Nov. 1893 

Helen Lincoln Green, Boston, Nov. 1893 Sept. 1895 

Evelyn Fellows Masury, Danvers, Sept. 1895 Feb. 1896 

Anna Von Rydingsvard, Boston, Feb. 1896 Feb. 1897 
Elizabeth Chapman Brown, Springfield, Feb. 1897 June 1898 

Lucy E. Emery Fuller, Springfield, June 1898 Feb. 1899 

Sara Whittimore Daggett, Boston, Feb. 1899 April 1901 

Helen M. Winslovv, Boston, Apr. 1901 Nov. 1902 

Evelyn Fellows Masury, Danvers, Nov. 1902 



^tatc iDicc-Hcgcntjs 

Marie Ware Laughton, Boston, 1901-1902 

Anna D. West, Boston, 1902-1905 

Susie Munn, Easthampton, 1905 



BappcningfiJ anD acl)ictcmcnt0» 

Mrs. Samuel Eliot was, on motion of Mrs. Laura Went- 
worth Fowler, electeJ honc^rary vice-president general at the 
Continental Congress of 1896. 

January 20, 1896, the per capita tax for the Massachu- 
setts D. A. R. was first introduced by Mrs. T. M. Brown. 

February 18, 1896, Mrs. Evelyn F. Masury elected vice- 
president general for Massachusetts. 

At the second annual conference, Sept 23, 1896, a gavel 
made of Faneuil Hall wood was presented by Mr. Moses 
Ellery Chandler of the Sons of the American Revolution. 

April 15, 1896, it was voted to give moral support to the 
preservation of the Bulfinch front of the State House. 

February 10, 1898, resolution passed urging the City 
Government to preserve Faneuil Hall. Voted to join with 
the S. A. R., D. R., and S. R. in placing paintings, etc., in 
Paul Revere Schoolhouse. Honor Roll presented by Mrs. 
Bell M. Draper of Washington. 

Resolution adopted endorsing the policy of President 
McKinley in the war with Spain and offering support of the 
2400 Massachusetts D. A. R. Voted to join (individually) 
the Volunteer Aid Association. 

September 28, 1898, resolutions passed on the death of 
Mrs T. M. Brown, state regent. 

December 13, 1898, voted to admit vice-regents to State 
Meetings, but not as voters. 

At the Continental Congress of 1899, Mrs. Lucy E. 
I'uller was elected vice-president general. 

March 28, 1899, a certificate was voted sent to Agnes 
Bennett for her share in saving the old North Church from 
destruction by fire. 

April 27, 1900, President Eliot addressed the meeting on 
the Cuban teachers' visit to Cambridge. 

October 16, 1900, a relic committee was appointed to 
secure suitable gift to Memorial Continental Hall. Mrs. 
Laura Wentworth Fowler appointed by the state regent, Miss 
Daggett, chairman emeritus of headquarters committee. 

February 4, 1901, resolutions passed on the death of 
ex-Governor Wolcott. Mrs. Grace LeBaron Upharn presented 



an amendment to National By-Laws, favoring creation of 
office of state vice-regent. Mrs. Henry Parker Ouincy 
resigned as honorary state regent and Mrs. E. Everett Hol- 
brook elected to her place. 

April 24, 190 1, Molly Varnum Chapter withdrew from 
the body of regents and vice regents. 

September 20, 1901, resolutions passed on the death of 
President McKinley. 

February i, 1902, resolutions passed on the death of 
Mrs, James B. Crane and Miss Sara W. Smith, regents of 
Peace Party and Abiah Folger Franklin Chapters. 

September 28, 1902, Molly Varnum Chapter re-enters 
the state body of regents and vice-regents. 

May 9, 1903, resolutions passed on the death of Mrs. 
H. T. Reed and Mrs. J. E. Thurston, both of Fall River. 

October 14, 1903, Massachusetts State pin adopted. 
Headquarters established at Pierce Building, Copley Square. 

December 5, 1903, petition signed urging prohibition of 
manufacture of dangerous weapons for use July 4. 

October 2, 1904, voted to keep open house G. A. R. 
week. 

November 16, 1904, formation of Western Conference 
announced by Mrs. George L. Munn. 

October 28, 1904, statement made by Mrs. Masury that 
Mass. D. A. R. had expended ■•:< 15,000 in patriotic work in ten 
years. IVeservation of Paul Revere House urged by Mrs. 
Samuel Eliot. 

December, 1904, Bazaar held for benefit of Alemorial 
Continental Hall. Money raised $4,000. 

May 31, 1905, resolutions adopted on the death of Mrs. 
Mary A. Livermore. 

October 5, 1905, voted to assist the Paul Revere Mem- 
orial Association. Resolutions sent President Roosevelt and 
Earl Gray urging the preservation of Niagara P^alls. Voted 
to urge the Massachusetts Legislature to amend state flag law. 
Resolutions adopted on the death ot Mrs. Rose E. Ilarkins. 

November 6, 1905, voted to join with the Sons of the 
Revolution in protestation against the desecration by the 
Boston Transic Commission of the Old South Meeting House 
and Old State House. 



Annual ^tatc Confcrcnccjs. 



1. Old South Meeting House, Boston, September 25, 
1895, Mrs. Helen L. Green presiding. 

2. Faneuil Hall, Boston, September 23, 1896, Mrs, 
Laura Wentworth Fowler, chairman, in absence of the State 
Regent, Mrs. Anna von Rydingsvard. 

3. Springfield, Massachusetts, October 6, 1897, Mrs. 
T. M. Brown, presiding. 

4. Fall River, October 20, 1898, Mrs. Lucy E, Fuller 
presiding. 

5. Hingham, October 5, 1899, Miss Sara Whittimore 
Daggett presiding. 

6. Lowell, October 16, 1900, Miss Daggett presiding. 

7. North Adams, October 9 and 10, 1901, Miss Helen 
M. Winslow, presiding. 

8. Methuen, November 19, 1902, Miss Winslow pre- 
siding. 

9. Brockton, October 14, 1903, Mrs. Evelyn F. Masury 
presiding. 

10. First Baptist Church, Boston, October 28, 1904, 
Mrs. Masury, presiding. 

11. Greenfield, Oct. 5, 1905, Mrs. Masury presiding. 




IvIks. ufAiKijiL L. MLjInN, blAlt VlCfc.-K£i.ENT 
1905-06 




MRS. GREEXLIEF \V. SIMl'SOX, VICE-KKEST.-GEN"., I902-I906 




MRS. GEORGE 1". FULLER, STATE REGENT, 1S98-99 

VICE-PREST.-GEN., 1899-OI, STATE SECY., 1897-98 

REGENT MERCY WARREN CHAPTER, I902-03 




HELEN M. WINSLOW, STATE REGENT 
FOUNDER MARY DRAPER CHAPTER 




MADAM ANNA VON RYDINC.SVARD 
STATE RE(;ENT OF MASSACHUSETTS 




MISS MARIE WARE LAUGHTON 

EX. STATE VICE-REGENT 

REGENT COMMITTEE OF SAFETY CHAI'TER 




MRS. ANNA D. WEST 
EX-STATE VICE-REGENT 




MISS REBECCA WARREN BROWN 
HONORARY STATE REGENT SINCE i8QI 




ADALAIDE A. HOSMER CALKINS (MRS. MARSHALL) 
FOUNDER AND FIRST REGENT MERCY WARREN CHAFrER 




MRS. SAMUEL ELIOT, REGENT WARREN AND PRESCOTT CHAPTER. 
FIRST STATE REGENP MASSACHUSETTS D. A. R. 
HON. VICE-PRES GEN. NATKJNAL SOCIETY, D. A. R. 




MRS. CURTIS GUILD, JR. 
WARREN AND PRESCOTT CHAPTER 




MRS. L. B. HATCH, STATE CHAPLAIN 
1903-06 




MRS. \VM. B. HOLMES, EX-REGENT BUNKER HILL CHAPTER 
COR. SECY. MASS. D. A. R. 




IRS. ISABELLK B. STIMISON, STATE TREASURER, I905-06 




MRS, J. G. DUNNING 
STATE AUDITOR 




ANNA L. BAILEY, EX-REGENT PAUL REVERE CHAPTER 
STATE HISTORIAN, I). A. R. 
STATE DIRECTOR, C. A. R. 




MRS. ELECTA PORTER SHEKMAN 
STATE PARLIAMENTARIAN, I905-06 




MRS. ROSE E. HARKINS 
STATE PARLIAMEMAKIAN, 1899-I905 








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MRS. C. H. iMAsURY 



MRS. CORNliLIA COLE FAIRKA.NKS 
I'KESIDKNT-GENI RAL 

i9o;-i905 



MRS. (;. W. SIMl'SO.N 











WORK 






OF THE 






CHAPTERS 






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" Daughters of illustrious sires, thine it is 

to have and hold 
All the honor that thine heritage can 

within itself enfold; 
Keep uninarred thy bright escutcheon by 

the truth within tliy soul, 
That the nobleness of woman may 

ihroushout the centuries roll." 



BLnab jfoloer ifranlUiu Cbapter. 

On Tuesday, August 17, 1S97, Miss Sara Winthrop Smith called a 
meeting at the Sea Cliff Inn, Nantucket, of all interested in forming a 
chapter of the National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, 
under the name of Abiah Folger Franklin Chapter of Nantucket. The 
interest gained power, and on June 1st, 1898, the first chapter meeting was 
held, a charter having been granted with twenty-four members. Miss Sara 
Winthrop Smith was elected first regent. The first work undertaken by 
the chapter was to raise a memorial to Abiah Folger, mother of Benjamin 
Franklin, to be placed on the site of her birthplace ; and an earnest but 
unsuccessful endeavor was made to purchase the land on which the home- 
stead of Peter Folger, father of Abiah, formerly stood ; so the memorial. 




which took the form of a granite drinking fountain, was placed on the 
Madaket road directly in front of the house lot. The Old Colony Com- 
mission gave the bronze tablet suitably inscribed, and the fountain was 
dedicated with fitting ceremony and presented to the Selectmen of the 
town September 3, 1900. Besides serving as a memorial, it fills a great 



need to the town, as no other drinking fountain for man and beast is placed 
on this long road. Trees have been planted near it. 

The chapter has entered with deep interest into the cause of patriotic 
education among children, especially the foreign born population, of whom 
there is a large number on the island. This lirst took the form of prizes of 
money offered for essays on some phase of patriotism, to be later succeeded 
by a standing prize in the school for the pupil who should stand highest in 
American history. This prize is given annually, and it is considered a 
great honor to win it. A course of lectures, called the Franklin Lecture 
Course, on household economics, has been inaugurated and carried on by 
the chapter, also a Half-Hour Reading Club, these both open to the public 
as well as chapter members, and the lectures have been delivered by some 
of the best authorities to be obtained on the subject. Miss Sara Winthrop 
Smith, the founder and first regent, died January "2, 1908. She was suc- 
ceeded by Miss Gertrude Mitchell King, who was followed in June, 1905, 
by Mrs. Eleanor Williams Morgan, the present regent. While it has not 
been necessary, since the erection of the fountain, for the chapter to under- 
take any similar work here, it has always responded readily to appeals, 
especially in our own state, to preserve historical buildings and relics. It 
was the first 1). A. R. chapter in the State to respond to the appeal to save 
the home of l^aul Revere. Fhere has been continuous work in searching 
out historical records, as well as in identifying and marking the graves of 
the revolutionary soldiers and sailors of Nantucket, a surprisingly large 
number, when it is considered that the majority of the settlers were Quakers. 
Twenty-one served with John Paul Jones, the most noted being Reuben 
Chase, seaman on the " Ranger," and midshipman on the " Bon Homme 
Richard," and who figures as " Long Tom Coffin " in Cjooper's story of 
" The Pilot." His grand daughter. Miss Jennie Chase, is a member of the 
chapter. On Memorial Day the graves are decorated with flags and 
flowers. The present work of the chapter is the collecting of books for a 
travelling library, to be sent to the mountaineers of North ( arolina, and 
the raisins: of a suitable sum toward the fund for Continental Hall. 



Hbioail H^am5 Gbaptcr, JBo5ton. 

Abigail Adams Chapter, of Boston, was founded in November, 1S94, 
by Miss Rebecca Warren Brown, who had previously organized the Warren 
and Prescott Chapter. Finding that interest had not been aroused in the 
young people, it was decided to form another chapter which should be 
mainly composed of young girls, that their enthusiasm might be aroused 
in their country's history. In less than three months this younger chapter, 
which was at first called the Young Ladies Chapter, and later the Abigail 
Adams Chapter, had seventy-five members, which entitlctl it in February, 
1S95, to send to the Continental Congress in Washington, three delegates — 
its chapter regent, Mrs. Reginald Fitz, and two of its members. It was 
suggested that this chapter be strictly practical, and that the meetings 
should be devoted to the study of American History. One month a mem- 
ber writes a paper on some subject connected with Revolutionary times — 
and at the alternate meeting some celebrated speaker gives a talk on the 
same period. This plan has been continued to the present time, and many 
noted men and women have addressed the chapter. 

Later a few older ladies joined the chapter, who have, by their interest, 
been a pleasant and valuable addition. The chapter now numbers 155 
members, with Miss Caroline Ticknor as regent. 

It has made a contribution of forty dollars for a tablet on the tomb of 
Abigail Adams, in Quincy, Mass. During the Spanish War it contributed 
fifty-four dollars to the fitting of the hospital ship " Bay State," and sent 
one hundred and live dollars to the relief work of the National Society in 
Washington. The members hold themselves ready to enlist in the interest 
of any cause which seems suitable and worthy of their attention. 



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MRS. TKYPHOSEA BACHELLER 
HON. REGENT ABIGAII. ADAMS CHAFltR 



Hbioail JBatcbeller (Xbapter, Mbitinsvllle, 



was organized November 11, 1903, by Mrs. Charles H. Masury, State 
Regent, with twenty members. Mrs. Lydia H. Hewett was chosen Regent 

and Mrs. Ethel J. Graham, Vice- 
Regent. Meetings are held on the 
first Tuesday of each month at 2.30 
o'clock in the afternoon, at the home 
of some member, each taking her turn 
in entertaining. There were four 
demits granted during the year 1904, 
three of which were sent to Capt. 
Job Knapp Chapter of East Douglas. 
On the 2'2nd of February, 1904, our 
Chapter was entertained by Deborah 
Wheelock Chapter of Uxbridge, and 
a very pleasant time enjoyed. At each 
meeting two papers have been read 
on subjects pertaining to the Revolu- 
tion and the people of that period. 




MRS GEORGE H. HLWETT 

Our regent resigned her 
office in September, 1904, 
Mrs. Ethel J. Graham being 
elected to take her place, 
and Mrs. Anne V. Carr was 
elected as Vice Regent. Our 
Chapter contributed to the 
bazaar in Boston in Decem- 
ber, 1904, and the articles 
sent probably sold for seven- 
teen or eighteen dollars. Feb- 
ruary 22, 1905, our Chapter 
entertained Deborah Wheel- 
ock Chapter of Uxbridge, at 
the home of Mrs. Alice B. 
Johnston. A program was 
carried out consisting: of 




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MRS. E. I. tlKAIIA.M 



music and readings, the house being decorated with flags, flowers and 
plants. 

\\'e have placed no tablets or memorials as yet, and the graves are pretty 
well marked in our town. On February 22, 1906, the Chapter had a 
loan exhibit of antiques, and contributed ten dollars of the money raised 
or Continental Hall fund, and five dollars for the picture of Washington 
on Dorchester Heights, for the Hall when finished. It has also a sum 
ready for the Massachusetts Column when called for. 




HOME OF ABIGAIL BATCIIF I.I.KR 



We have no picture of Abigail Batcheller, but are glad to give the 
picture of her home. She was buried in Northbridge Center, and an appro- 
priate stone, well marked, is at the grave. 

The Chapter now numbers nineteen members, with Mrs. Anne V. Carr 
as Regent. 




Bnnc H^am5 Uutts Cbapter, of Somervillc, 

was organized March 10, IS97. On that date an informal meeting of 

hidies interested in the formation of 
a Chapter of the Daughters of the 
American Revolution was held at the 
home of Miss Mary A. Bradford, a 
lineal descendant of Governor Brad- 
ford. Officers were appointed with 
Miss Bradford as Regent. 

At a meeting held March 16, it 
was voted that the Chapter be named 
for Anne Adams Tufts, a resident, in 
the days of the Revolution, of Winter 
PI ill, Charlestown (now Somerville). 
An obituary, written by a grandson, 
has been preserved. 

Mr. Tufis served as a soldier, and 
the eldest son, Peter, jr.. was a 
" Minute Man." The home of tliese 

-MRS. .-VNNE AD WIS lUKrS 

patriots was turned into a 
hospital for wounded sol- 
diers from the Batt'e of Hun- 
ker Hill, June 17, 1775. 

Anne Adams Tufts, with 
true motherly spirit, in this 
emergency, drew from her 
hospital supplies in the form 
of home-spun lir.en .sheets 
and spreading them with 
the cool sweet cream from 
herdairy, dressed the wounds 
of the soldiers, asking not 
whether they be friend or foe. 

The first school on Winter 
Hill " was kept " in the 
kitchen of this house, and 
later, when a schoolhouse 
was built, the first printing 
office was established here 
by a descendant. miss m.vrv a. kkadford 




The Chapter was approved by the National Society, Daughters of the Amer- 
ican Revolution January 6, 1898, there being fifteen charter members. The 
Seal was given to the Chapter February 17, 1899, and the Charter presented 
May lo, 1899, by the State Regent, Miss Sara W. Daggett. The chapter 
has held regular monthly meetings, engaged several distinguished sf)eakers, 
and has responded to various calls for contributions from the State. It 
assisted the " Ladies Volunteer Aid Association " for soldiers in the Spanish- 
American War, contributed relics and assisted the Somerville Historical 




KIRTHPLACE OF ANXE ADAMS TUFPS, MENOTOMY (NOW ARLINGTON) MASS. 
BUILT PREVIOUS TO I725. TORN DOWN MORE THAN FIFTY Y'EARS AGO. 



Society on two occasions of a week's duration at Loan Exhibitions held at 
the society's headquarters, " Tufts House," and held an " Exhibit of 
Relics" on its own account in May, 19U1. In October, 1901, the Chapter 
presented framed copies of Coats of Arms of the thirteen original states to 
eleven grammar schools of Somerville, and on June 16, 1904, a framed 
picture of " Spirit of '76 " to one grammar school. 

The Chapter was represented at Continental Congress, Washington, 
D. C, by the Regent in 1899, and by Regent and Corresponding Secretary 
in 1902, also at Pan-American Exhibition, Buffalo, D. A. R. Day, June 14. 



It sent delegates to the State Conferences held at Hingham, Lowell, North 
Adams, Methuen, Brockton and Boston. 

The Chapter assisted at "Continental Bazaar" held in Boston in 
December, 1904. 




HELEN" E. MAGOUN HEALD 



Mrs. Helen Magoun Heald, Second Regent and great grand-daughter 
of Mrs. Tufts, has served the Chapter continuously since its inception, as 
Registrar, Regent and Historian. Mrs. Charlotte Deane Bradford Eaton 
was the third Regent, and the present head of the Chapter is Mrs. A. S. 
Maynard. 



Bttlcboro Cbaprer, II>. B. 1R. 



Mainly due to the personal efforts and work of Mrs. Marion Pierce 
Carter ( herself a member at large ), who interested several women to become 
enthusiastic enough to hunt up their genealogy for eligibility in this Society, 

Attleboro Chapter was formed. 
A meeting for organization was 
held at the home of Mrs. Carter 
June "27, 1901, where the nec- 
essary formalities were com- 
plied with, and Attleboro Chap- 
ter, Daughters of the American 
Revolution was duly organized 
by the State Regent, Miss 
Helen M. Winslow, assisted by 
Ex-State Regent, Miss Sara 
Daggett, who gave a very elo- 
quent address on the duties of 
members and privileges of this 
society. Miss Winslow in- 
stalled Mrs. Carter Regent of 
Attleboro Chapter with a mem- 
bership of thirty-six. The first 
regular meeting was held Nov. 
1, 1901, at the home of one of 
the members, and it was voted 
to meet at the homes of mem- 
bers for the first year, that light refreshments be served, and that the meet- 
ings be part social and part literary. At the second regular meeting, Dec. 
6, Miss Sara Alice Carpenter read an original paper on " Our Town, Attle- 
boro." On the evening of Jan. 1, 1902, .\ttleboro Chapter kept "open 
house " in rooms on Bank Street, which were beautifully decorated with 
flags and bunting. The ladies were attired in old fashioned costumes as 
far as possible, and with their quaint gowns and powdered hair made a 
striking picture. Although one of the coldest nights of the season, the 
rooms were crowded, all present showing their pleasure and interest in this 
new society. The third regular meeting of Attleboro Chapter was held 
Jan. 3, 1902. The State Regent was unable to be present, but the Ex-State 
Regent, Miss Sara Daggett, presented Charter No. 558 to the Chapter. 
At this time the Chapter voted to purchase the old Peck house, situated on 




MRS, M.\KIO.N PIEKCK CARTER, FOUXDER AND 
1ST REGENT 



North Main Street for a club house, to be furnished with old fashioned fur- 
niture. At the fourth meeting the Chapter voted to celebrate Patriots 
Day, April 19, by giving a Menu Supper, from which |?H.97 was realized. 

The house committee reported having purchased the old Peck house 
for 1200.00, and the land (a lot on which to move the house), for ^'iSO.OO, 
and it was voted that the house be named D. A. R. House. 




I). A. K. IKH'SK. KOKMEKI.V THE ULU I'ECK IIOL'SK 



Members were appointed to serve with the Historian in locating graves 
of Revolutionary soldiers, and one hundred and twenty-one graves have 
been located. On Memorial Day, members to represent the Chapter have 
decorated as many graves as possible with flowers. June 5, 1908, committee 
reported fifty graves of Revolutionary soldiers decorated on Memorial Day. 

Dec. 4, 1903, it was voted to purchase and suitably frame a fac-simile 
of the Declaration of Independence and present the same to Attleboro 
Hi^-h School. It was also voted to subscribe to the American Monthlv 



Magazine as a Chapter, and to sign a petition regarding the prohibition of 
fireworks (severely destructive ones), for July 4th, and send the same to 
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge from Massachusetts, and Thomas Williams, 
Representative of Attleboro, at House of Representatives in Boston. 

June 17, 1904, was a red letter day for the Chapter. A social gather- 
ing was held in our new home, D. A. R. House. Most of the furnishings, 
with the exception of the rag carpets, which the ladies had made, being in 
place. The members looked about the rooms, viewing with great interest 
the ancient furniture, relics and curios. Some articles have been purchased 
and restored by the Chapter, many have been given, and some loaned. One 
copy of "A Sketch of the History of Attleboro" has been given by the 
author, Mrs. Amelia Daggett Sheffield, and other valuable books have been 
contributed. 

On Friday, Sept. 30, 1904, Attleboro Chapter kept " open house," 
from three in the afternoon until nine in the evening, the house being open 
to the town people for their interest and approval. Many guests through- 
out the afternoon and evening were received by members dressed in elabo- 
rate gowns, ancient and valuable. Praise was heard on all sides that the 
society had accomplished so much in a short time. 

Oct. 6, 1904, a regular meeting was held in the D. A. R. House, fires 
having been lighted in the three fireplaces down stairs. The feature of the 
day was a harvest supper, served at 6.30 p. m. Each member had the 
privilege of one guest and sixty-six enjoyed an excellent supper. The fire- 
places do not heat the house enough for winter weather, so the meetings 
from December to April are held at the homes of members. 

The Chapter sent jewelry to Boston for the fair in aid of Continental 
Memorial Hall, valued at $25.00. 

The present Regent of the Chapter is Mrs. Theodore Parker, and the 
membership is forty-nine. 



JSetsep IRoss Cbaptcr of Xawrence, /lliass., 




was organized April '28, lS9(j, with sixteen 
charter members. During the ten years 
we have had three Regents: Mrs. Mary 
Fisher Bosson from '96 to '99 ; Mrs. Lucy 
E. Dyer from '99 to 1900; Mrs. Abbie 
Bennett Shepard since 1900. Lawrence 
being a comparatively young city, there 
being no historic spots to mark, and no 
revolutionary soldiers buried in any of the 
cemeteries of the city, we have confined our 
work to the schools, placing twenty-one 
flags in as many schoolrooms. In 1901 a 
bust and pedestal of George Washington, 
costing 1125.00, was given to the new High 
School of Lawrence. sJiT-T.OO has been given 
to the Continental Hall fund, and $5.00 to 

the fund for Massachusetts Relics, to be placed in Continental Hall, by 

the Massachusetts D. A. R. 



BKTSEY ROSS 




MAK.V.MA iiKDWN BKLCHKK, " KEAI. DAriniTEK 



We have had four real daughters, all of whom have passed away. 
Mrs. Marama Brown Belcher attained the remarkable age of ninety-three 
years, being born Feb. 14, 1810. Her father served in the American Revolu- 
tion as private, enlisting from Chester, New Hampshire, October, 1775, and 
serving in the regiment commanded by the renowned Colonel Stark. 




PHKBE SHATTUCK MERRILL, " REAL DAUGHTER " 



Mrs. Phebe Shattuck Merrill, who honored Betsey Ross Chapter by 
her membership, was born in Andover, Mass., Feb. 23, 1807, and died in 
Lawrence, Oct. 24, 1897. She was the daughter of Joseph Shattuck, who 
left his farm at the '-Lexington Alarm," and was at the battles of Bunker 
Hill, Bennington, Monmouth, Saratoga, etc. 

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Mrs. Lydia G. Dearborn Gate, a " Real Daughter " of Betsey Ross 
Ghapter, was born in Ossipee, New Hampshire, Jan. G, 1S02. She was the 
youngest daughter of James Dearborn, a soldier of the Revolution. She 
passed away on the "i-Jth of June, 1901, aged ninety-nine years and five 
months. 




LYDIA G DE.\RBORN GATE, " RRAL DAUGHTER " 



Mrs. Susan Dow was another honored and respected member of the 
" Real Daughters " of Betsey Ross Ghapter. We were never able to secure 
a photograph of her, which we regret very much. 



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36ett^ alien Cbapter, IRortbampton, 



was formed April 3, 1896, with about twenty char.er members. We now 
have about seventy members. Our " patron saint " is Betty Parsons Allen, 

a native of Northampton, 
whose distinguishing claim 
is, among others, that she 
sent seven brave sons to the 
Revolutionary War, Thomas 
Allen, the " fighting parson " 
of Bennington, being the 
best known. We specially 
celebrate Betty Allen's birth- 
day, November 22, Washing- 
ton's triumphal entry into 
Boston, March 20, and the 
Battle of Ticonderoga, May 
10. Including these dates, 
we have about eight meet- 
ings during the year. 

As to our activities, we 
have helped on various pub- 
lic causes as they have 
arisen, and have tried to 

REV. THOMAS ALLEN'. SON OF BETTY ALLEN i '' U ■ u 4. t-U r 

' ' "i-oniiY ALi.tw keep^bright the memory of 

some of the great names and events in our local history. We have offered 
prizes to the school children for the best historical essays, and have raised 
money for a bronze tablet to mark the home of Jonathan Edwards while he 
was pastor here. In the celebration of the city's Two^Hundred and Fiftieth 
Anniversary last June, our Chapter did its part. The great social feature 
of the week was a Colonial Reception given by the Daughters of the Ameri- 
can Revolution, when the City Hall was elaborately decorated in colonial 
yellow and white, and the members of the Chapter received their guests in 
colonial costumes, some of them very elegant. Scenes representing Revo- 
lutionary times were given, and a minuet was danced by eight young people 
in beautiful colonial dress. 

We have had as members three "real daughters," Mrs. Drusilla H. 
Johnson, who died December 23, 1905, Mrs. Caroline M. Jennings, who 
died January 24, 1906, and Miss Harriet Graves, of Whately, who died 
March 10, 1S9S, aged ninety-two. 

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MRS. DRUSILLA JOHNSON 



MRS. CAROLINE JENNINGS 




MISS HARRIET GRAVES 



Mrs. George W. Cable was the Founder and first Regent of the 
Chapter. She was born November lo, IS-IG, and died February 2U, 1904. 



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The present Regent is Miss 
Clara P. Bodman. 

Friday, October 6, a tablet 
in honor of Jonathan Ed- 
wards was unveiled upon the 
Whitney house on King 
Street in Northampton. The 
tablet is of bronze, twenty 
by eighteen inches, with 
suitable inscription and a 
simple border. The inscrip- 
tion is the following : " On 
this site stood the home of 
Reverend Jonathan Ed- 
wards, pastor of the First 
Church of Christ in North- 
ampton, 1727-1750. Erected 
byBetty Allen Chapter 
D. A. R., 1905." 



MRS. GKORCE \V. CABLE 



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TABLET MARKING SITE OF HOME OF JONATHAN EDWARDS 



Miss Bodman, the Regent, presided over the exercises, and in opening 
them she alkided to the appropriateness of the fact that the tablet 
had been procured by Betty Allen Chapter, inasmuch as Betty Allen, after 
whom the Chapter is named, lived in the next house above the Edwards 
house, and her husband, Josiah Allen, was one of the twenty-three 
members of the First Church who stood by Jonathan Edwards in the stormy 
times preceding his dismissal. The dedicatory address was made by Presi- 
dent L. Clark Seelye, of Smith College, and at its close the veil was drawn 
from the tablet. With peculiar fitness, this act was performed by Sarah 
Pierpont, daughter of Rev. John Pierpont, pastor of the Williamsburg Con- 
gregational Church, who is a descendant of a brother of Sarah Pierpont, the 
wife of Jonathan Edwards. The mother of the young girl is a member of 
Betty Allen Chapter. The prayer of dedication was made by Rev. Dr. 
H. T. Rose, pastor of the first Church, over which Jonathan Edwards was 
pastor the twenty-three years he was in Northampton. 




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Boston Zlea part^ Cbapter, Boston. 

On the morning of May 28, 1895, by invitation of Madam Anna von 
Rydingsvaard, a party of ladies met in her rooms at Exeter Chambers, to 
talk together, very informally, over the tea cups, concerning the formation 
of a new Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, to be known 
by the name of " Boston Tea Party Chapter." 




OLD DOGGETT HOUSE 



On June 26, 1895, the Chapter received its Charter, which was after- 
wards framed in wood taken from the old Doggett house, formerly on the 
corner of Hollis and Tremont streets, Boston, Massachusetts. At a regu- 
lar meeting held with Mrs. Sybilla Bailey Crane, on October 12, 1895, the 
Chapter was formally organized with twenty-two charter members, and with 
Madam Anna von Rydingsvaard as Regent. 



During the ten years of the Chapter's existence, the following members 
have been honored by the ofifice of Regent: Madam Anna von Rydings- 
vaard, who was also the organizer of the Chapter, Mrs. Rose Prioleau 
Newcomb, Mrs. Elizabeth W. Botsford Cowles, Mrs. Louise Peabody Sar- 
gent, Mrs. Lucia G Kendall, Mrs. Ella H. Cowles, Mrs. Isadore F. B. 
Baxter, and Mrs. Lucia K. Deering, the present Regent. Since the organi- 
zation of the Chapter, there 
have been one hundred and 
sixty-six names on its list of 
members. At the present 
time there are ninety-two 
members, three honorary 
members, and one associate 
member. There are remain- 
ing in the Chapter nine of 
the charter members. The 
Chapter is very proud of the 
fact that the names of four 
" real daughters " have been 
enrolled on its list of mem- 
bers. They are Mrs. Irene 
Wilkinson Gibson, who died 
June 30, 1898 ; Mrs. Hannah 
N. Barrett, who died Decem- 
ber 25, 1903, at the great 
age of one hundred and 
MRS. JOHN w. DEEKiNc. t^j-gg yg^rs ; Mrs. Louisa H. 

Barbour, a sister of Mrs. Barrett, aged ninety-five, and Mrs. Harriet Farrie, 
aged ninety-nine. The last two are still living. These four Daughters 
have all been presented with a gold spoon by the National Society. 

Boston Tea Party Chapter, fully realizing the importance of upholding 
the name which it bears, and also the unique position it holds in the organ- 
ization of the Daughters of the American Revolution, it being the only 
Chapter in the United States to bear this name, has from the first of its 
existence, until now, aided not only in preserving past history, but in striv- 
ing to uplift and educate those of our present day and generation, has 
helped to make the history of the future stronger and more abiding. The 
patriotic work of the Chapter has been varied and wide reaching. It has 
aided in the preservation of historic places ; has brought to light the names 
of three men to be added to those of the original Boston Tea Party; has 
given pictures of Mt. Vernon, also George and Martha Washington, to 
different schools, established a scholarship for one year at Marysville 




College, Tenn. ; aided in removing a grand-daughter of a Revolutionary 
soldier from the almshouse to a pleasanter home ; contributed liberally to 
the Continental Hall Fund, at the same time setting aside a fund to place 
a fitting memorial from the Chapter in Continental Hall when it shall be 
completed ; gave contributions of money, books and hospital supplies dur- 
ing the Spanish War; and also aided the Cuban teachers who came to Harvard. 

One interesting item in connec- 
tion with the Spanish War is that 
one of the Chapter members. Miss 
Katherine Edwards, served as a Red 
Cross nurse during the war, and was 
the last to leave the service at Mon- 
tauk Point. 

The most important of any of the 
patriotic work undertaken by the 
Chapter was the placing of a bronze 
tablet on the building, corner of 
Tremont and Hollis streets, Boston, 
Massachusetts, which bears this in- 
scription : "On this spot stood the 
house in which Nathaniel, David, 
Thomas and Josiah Bradlee, with 
James Fulton, assisted by Sarah 
MRS. IRENE W.GIBSON Bradlcc Fulton, disguised them- 

selves as Mohawk Indians, and took 
part in throwing the tea into Boston 
Harbor, December 16, 1773. 
" Hurrah for Griffin's Wharf, 
The Mohawks are coming." 
Placed by Boston Tea Party Chap- 
ter, Daughters of the American 
Revolution, March 17, 1901." 

This, and much more, has Boston 
Tea Party Chapter done along pat- 
riotic lines since its formation. It 
has expended between seven and 
eight hundred dollars in patriotic 
work alone ; and, although fully real- 
izing that patriotic work should have 
first place, yet realizing that too much 
stress cannot be laid on the sociability 
of an organization such as this, a large 





.MKS. HANNAH NKWKl.I, liAK-E'IT 



amount of money has been devoted to social functions, especially to the 
anniversary receptions of December sixteenth, which, with but one excep- 
tion, has been observed annually since December 16, isOo. 

One particularly beautiful gath- 
ering was the Colonial Reception 
given at the home of Mrs. Edmund B. 
Cowles, Brookline, Massachusetts, 
December 16, 1900. The Chapter has 
received a number of valuable gifts, 
among them a large tiag from Mrs. 
Warren T. Currier, and a copy of 
Darius Cobb's picture, " Throwing 
Overboard the Tea" from Mrs. 
Andrew M. Morton, but the one most 
valuable and most highly cherished is 
one of the "original tea chests," pre- 
sented by Mr. John Hancock Foster, 
who stipulated that if ever Boston 
Tea Party Chapter should cease to be, 
then the chest should pass into the 
MKs. LOUISA H. BXRBouR hands of the Massachusetts Histori- 




cal Society. It is with pleasure that 
we record the fact that the Registrar, 
Mrs. William T. Curtis, has served 
continuously since December, 1S97, 
and the Treasurer, Mrs. Henry T. 
Bunton, to whom much praise is given 
by the National Board of Officers, 
for her extremely careful and efficient 
work, has filled her office since 
December, 1898. 

It would seem from this brilliant 
record that great joy must have been 
the portion of this Chapter since its 
beginning, but " as into all lives some 
rain must fall," so to all the members 
there came great sorrow when, sud- 
denly, on October 16, 1899, Mrs. 
Lucia G. Kendall, the beloved Regent' 

was called to her heavenly home. Then again, on January .31, 1902, the 
death of the Vice-Regent, Mrs. Sybiila Bailey Crane, came with a crushing 

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MRS. HARRIET FARRIE 



blow to the Chapter. In their going, the Chapter sustained a severe 
loss, for they were both women of unusual strength and sweetness of 
character. 

As success has crowned the efforts of Boston Tea Party Chapter in the 
past, so must it in the future, for its members are women of most excellent 
ability, and fired with the same patriotic zeal that possessed their ancestors ; 
their infiuence, in more or less degree, must be as surely felt as was that 
of the memorable Boston Tea Party of December 16, 1773. 




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Bunher IfMll Cbapter, ID. H. IR., 

was organized on historic ground in Charlestown, June 17, 1S96, with 
thirty-eight charter members. Its founder and first Regent was Miss 
Marion Howard Brazier, a descendant of John Hicks, the first soldier to be 
killed at the Concord Bridge. Representatives of the Bunker and Breed 
families were also among the early members, and another is directly de- 
scended from Deborah Sampson, the woman who served through the Revo- 
lution with distinction under the name of Robert Shurtleff. 

Other Regents have been Mrs. A. Lincoln Bowles, Mrs. George H. 
Pendergast, 
Mrs. William 
B. Holmes^and 
Miss Sarah E. 
Laughton. 
Every year the 
Chapter mem- 
bers have a 
pilgrimage to 
points of his- 
toric interest, 
The anniver- 
sary celebra- 
tion is an 
occasion of 
special inter- 
est. Contribu- 






TABLET PLACED IN CITY S(JUAKE, CHARLESTOWN, I5Y BUNKER 
HILL CHAI'TER, U. A. K. 




tions have been made to Continental Hall, the Paul Revere House Asso- 
ciation, the Cape Cod Pilgrim Association, the Floating Hospital, etc. 
Through the efforts of Miss Brazier, it contributed many framed lithographs 

representing the American flag with 
dates showing the time of admission 
of states, to the Boston public schools. 
A tablet was placed in City Square, 
Charlestown, marking the approxi- 
mate starting place of Paul Revere on 
his famous midnight ride. 

The Chapter membership is now 
seventy-seven, with five honorary mem- 
bers and one "real daughter," Mrs. 
Helen Stone Rogers of Dorchester, 
whose father, John Stone, was a mem- 
ber of Captain Benjamin Spaulding's 
company in Colonel Moses Nichols' 
regiment, raised in New Hampshire 
and which joined the Continental 
army at West Point in 1780. Mrs. 
RoL::ers' grandfather was also a Revo- 
lutionarv soldier. 




MRS. HELEN STONE ROGERS, "REAL DAUGHTER" ^ 



Captain Bob Iknapp Cbaptcr, ii-ast Boucjlas. 

On the second clay of March, 1904, Mrs. Evelyn F. Masury, State 
Regent of the Massachusetts Daughters of the American Revolution, for- 
mally organized Captain Job Knapp Chapter, at the house of Mrs. Louisa 
S. Holbrook, with a charter membership of thirty-eight, at that time the 
largest charter membership in the State. Previous to the organization, the 
ladies were presented to Mrs. Masury and Mrs. Holbrook by Mrs. Sarah 
E. Brown, Regent. After the new officers had been instructed by Mrs. 
Masury, the Chapter presented her a hand-painted vase. Following this, 




MRS SALLY M. REYNOLDS ALLEN 



Mrs. Lydia Houghton Hewett, Regent of Abigail Batcheller Chapter, gave 
to Mrs. Brown a gavel, tied with red, white and blue ribbons. The gavel is 
made of oak from the " Moses Hill Inn," where Washington and Lafayette 
stopped on their way from Philadelphia to Boston. This Inn formerly stood 
on Main Street and was the oldest house in Douglas. 

A "Real Daughter " was welcomed to the Chapter on October 18, 1904, 
at which time the meeting was held with Mrs. Joseph Bowen, her mother, 

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Mrs. Sally M. Reynolds Allen, being the " Real Daughter." She passed 
away February 15, 1905, within five days of her ninety-fifth birthday. 

On December S, 1904, Mrs. Sarah E. Brown, Regent, gave a reception 
to the Chapter at her home, Elmwood Farm. 

The members of the Chapter celebrated Flag Day, 1905, by an outing 
at " Maplewood," the home of the new Regent, Miss Arvilla Louise 
Batchelor. An exhibit had been arranged for the entertainment of the 
guests, which included many ancient articles, formerly the property of the 
ancestors of the Regent. Refreshments were served on the lawn and a 
social time enjoyed. 

In June, 1905, our Chapter Decoration Day was observed by placing 
flowers on the graves of the Revolutionary soldiers buried in old Douglas, 
many of them being ancestors of our members. 

Last Memorial Day, 1905, markers were placed on the graves of William 
Darling, Lieut. William Fisk, and Deacon Enoch Batchelor. 

The Chapter sent some china to the Bazaar in Boston, contributed to 
the Spanish-American War Nurses Association, and purchased several 
pictures of Continental Hall, hoping thereby to help swell the fund a bit. 



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Captain 3o\m SosUn, Bv. Cbaptcr, Xeominster. 

In Leominster, ]\Iass., November 14, 1901, Captain John Joslin, Jr. 
Chapter was organized, with twelve charter members. Mrs. Martha D. J. 
England, a great, great grand-daughter of Captain John Joslin, Jr., and 
through whose efforts the Chapter was formed, was chosen Regent, and held 
that office for three years, working earnestly to promote the interests of the 
Chapter. 




MRS. MARIHA 1). J. ENGLAND, KUUNUER AND Rh.(,ENT 

Meetings are held eight months of the year for the transaction of busi- 
ness, and a social hour. For these meetings a goodly number of historic 
papers have been prepared by the members, and musical entertainment 
furnished. Lectures and one Colonial Tea have been arranged. A recep- 
tion and card party, a large number present being dressed in Colonial 

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costume, and a social on the anniversary of the wedding day of George and 
Martha Washington, are among the number of pleasant gatherings held to 
benefit the Chapter Treasury and promote sociability. 

The graves of fifty-five Revolutionary soldiers have been marked, and 
each Memorial Day the national colors and wreaths of laurel are placed at 
each grave. The Chapter gives two prizes each year to the Leominster 
High School to be awarded for papers upon the American Revolution. 

October 6, 1904, the Chapter marked the site of the first meeting house 
and the first school house built in Leominster, with a large boulder of 
Monoosnock granite, suitably inscribed. Mrs. Charles H. Masury, State 

Regent, was a special guest 
of the occasion and inter- 
esting remarks by her and 
others were eagerly listened 
to. Chapter Regent, Mrs. 
Martha D. J. England, pre- 
sented the boulder to the 
town, and it was unveiled 
by Mrs. Sarah F. Gallup, 
with whom the plan for 
erection of the boulder 
originated. Following the 
exercises, a delightful re- 
ception was given in honor 
of the State Regent, Mrs. 
C. H. Masury, at the home 
of Mrs. W. J. Wetherbee. 
At the Continental Bazaar, 
held in Copley Hall, Boston, 
December, 19U4, for the 
benefit of Continental 
Memorial Hall, the Chapter 
united with the Framing- 
ham and old Newbury 
Chapters in a table of fancy articles. Steps are now being taken to obtain 
suitable rooms to fit up for a permanent place to hold meetings. There are 
also plans towards erecting tablets marking spots of historic interest to the 
town. This Chapter has had one " Real Daughter," Mrs. Ann Rebecca 
Randall, born in Lexington, Mass., July 10, 18'25, and who was transferred 
to the Colonel Timothy Bigelow Chapter, of Worcester, March 17, 1904, of 
which city she was a resident. Present membership is fifty-nine and the 
present Regent is Mrs. Arthur H. Hall. 




BuULDb-K EktClEI) IN LEOMI.NSTKK 



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Capt. 3o\m puUiuo Cbaptcr, ID. H. 1R., ot mubitman 

was organized on March 22, 19U5 with a list of seventy-one members and 
Mrs. Chas. O. Tyler of Abington, Regent. This Chapter is an outgrowth 
of Deborah Sampson Chapter of Brockton, and now numbers eighty-five 




MRS. JEANNETTE M. TVl.ER, REGENT 



members, nearly all of whom reside in Whitman, Abington,and neighboring 
towns. At the opening meeting in October, 1905, the charter was pre- 
sented with formal exercises. Mrs. Chas. Masury, State Regent, made the 
presentation, and in the course of her remarks, congratulated the Chapter 
upon the fact of its containing the largest number of charter members of 
any chapter she was ever privileged to organize, seventy-one names being 
enrolled. 

Its founder, Mrs. S. A. West, assisted by the other members interested 
in its success, labored untiringly in its formation, and it now stands with a 
membership of eighty-five at the close of its first year of existence. The 
work for this first year has been along the line of arousing interest and 



looking after its own work, in getting solidified and ready for active work 
later. The meetings are held from October to June inclusive, with an outing 
in June. At every meeting the Chapter has listened to a patriotic address 
by well known speakers and much interest is manifested in the work. 

Its name was chosen from the hero, Capt John Pulling, whose widow 
for many years lived in Abington, and whose descendants for four genera- 
tions are still found there and in neighboring towns, and who are justly 
proud of the fact that Capt. John Pulling, an intimate friend of Paul Revere, 
hung the signal lanterns in the old North Church on the evening of April 
18, 1775. 




MRS. AUGUSTA WEST, FOUNDER 



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Cbief justice Gusbtna Cbapter, IRortb Scituate, 

was organized February 17, 1905, as a summer chapter, many of its mem- 
bers being daughters of Scituate who return to their native town as summer 
residents only, but who are vitally interested in everything pertaining to the 
ancient place. The Chapter numbers (October, 1905), nineteen members 
and two associate members. Seven meetings are held in successive months, 
beginning in April with a business meeting. The name of Chief Justice 
William Cushing was chosen because he was the greatest man Scituate ever 




MRS. MARY GRlCiGS MITCHELL 



produced. A descendant of a long line of eminent lawyers and judges, he 
achieved the highest honors of the State and was selected by President 
Washington as Chief justice of the Supreme Court at W^ashington, in which 
office he was confirmed by the unanimous vote of the Senate, a worthy tri- 
bute to his ability and unshaken integrity. He had the honor of conferring 
the oath of office upon Washington when he became president for the second 
time. Tradition says that when the Chief Justice came back to his home 
in Scituate, after long absences, he came with a fine carriage and pair, with 
Madame Cushing by his side, with colored coachman and outriders, and as 
he passed by the "district school-house" the school mistress and pupils 
were out to salute him, — the girls with a courtesy and the boys with a bow. 

The meetings of the Chapter have so far been for organization and 
plans of work. The ancient history of the town will be studied and much 
valuable information put into durable shape, which is one of the aims of 
the Chapter for the future. 

It contributed ten dollars towards the celebration of the Fourth of 
July, 1905, at Scituate, and it has one " Real Daughter," Mrs. Mary Griggs 
Mitchell, who was one of the charter members. 



Colonel 1f3eui5ba\v Chapter, ot Xeice^ter, 

was organized June 8, 1901, by Mrs. C Van D. Chenoweth, State Historian, 
then residing in Leicester. Miss Adaline May was chosen Regent and 
Miss Caroline Thurston, Secretary, and they were officially accepted as such. 

Our Charter was presented at a formal occasion, June 16, 1902, by Miss 
Marie Ware Laughton, State Vice-Regent. There were thirty-four charter 
members. 

Colonel William Henshaw, for whom our Chapter was named, was born 
in Boston, and later removed to Leicester. He was the originator of the 




COLONEL HENSHAW 



organization known as the " Minute Men," recommending that " One third 
of the men of the respective towns, between the ages of sixteen and sixty 
years, be enlisted, to be ready at a minute's notice." 

His Orderly Book is in the possession of one of his descendants; his 
gun in the rooms of the Antiquarian Society in Worcester ; his portrait and 
copy of his commission in the museum of the Public Library in Leicester. 

October 23, 1901, we assumed the care of the graves of the Revolution- 
ary soldiers in this town — thirty-seven in number,— also four graves of 

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soldiers of 1812. The majority of these graves had been cared for and 
marked by the Grand Army of the Republic, the markers having been pro- 
vided by the town. Markers have also been placed on the graves that had 
not been previously recognized. These are annually decorated on Memorial 
Day with evergreen wreaths and flags. 

Members of the Chapter have written historical papers of our town, 
and they are filed with our records, and we hope thereby to preserve, in a 
condensed form, all matters of historic interest for future generations. 
Memorial stones have been placed on the sites of the first house, first school 
house, and first church in town, and this work will be continued until all 
historical spots in town have been thus designated. 

Our Chapter was instrumental in bringing about the first celebration 
in our town of " Old Home Week," September '2, 3, 4, 1905. During the 
celebration, a stone, commemorating the military services of Colonel Hen- 
shaw was unveiled with appropriate exercises. We also kept "open house" 
in the Unitarian Parish House, providing resting place and refreshment for 
many registered visitors, and exhibiting a valuable collection of antiques 
and family heirlooms, and pretty souvenir cards were given each one. 

Carrying out a suggestion of Mr. Daniel E. Kent, of Worcester, a son 
of Leicester, two handsome gold and silver medals were given by our 
Chapter, at a " Public Reading" in the Town Hall, April 27, 1906, to suc- 
cessful competitors, from the grammar schools in town, on local history, 
this being introduced in a very efficient manner by Superintendent Wallace 
E. Mason. 

We now have forty-four members, with several papers in Washington 
for recognition. 



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Colonel Xlbomas Gardner (Ibaptcr, Hllston. 

Under the protecting arms of a loyal old elm there stood for many 
years at the corner of Brighton and Harvard Avenues, Allston, an ancient 
house, which, though now moved from this original site to Allston Street, 
is still famous as the home of Thomas Gardner. 

Born of English parents, on American soil, he developed those charac- 
teristics that made him a natural leader of men, an ardent patriot, and a 
brave soldier and officer. He saw active service at Lexington, and fell 
mortally wounded at Bunker Hill. He died July 3, one day after Wash- 
ington arrived in Boston to take formal command of the army. The first 
entry in Washington's order book is as follows: "July 4, 1775, Col. Gardner 
is to be buried tomorrow at three o'clock, with the military honors due to so 
brave and gallant an officer, who fought, bled, and died, in the cause of his 
country and mankind." 

It seemed a pity to Mrs. George W. Yeaton of Allston, that the remem- 
brance of such a man should so soon be a thing of the past, and feeling 
that the American of today needs to look into the past at the lives of just 
such men in order to appreciate what our advantages of today cost, she 
decided it time to start the movement for a new D. A. R. Chapter, whose 
object should be to bring the life of this man to the attention of the public, 
especially the children, and to preserve, if possible, the old house. 

As a result, in March, 1905, on the anniversary of the evacuation of 
Dorchester Heights, Col. Thomas Gardner Chapter, D. A. R., held its first 
meeting, preliminary to its organization. After a dainty breakfast in the 
red room of Hotel Somerset, Mrs. Charles H. Masury, State Regent, ad- 
dressed the embryo organization. 

The Chapter started with thirteen charter members (a lucky number in 
American history), and Mrs. Helen F. Yeaton (Geo. W.), as founder and 
first Regent. 

Rev. John O. Haarvig accepted an invitation to become the chaplain 
of the Chapter, and Mrs. Haarvig was made an honorary member. 

Previous to the birth of the Chapter, through the efforts of Mrs. Yea- 
ton, the new school house in process of erection on Athol Street, was named 
Thomas Gardner School, and on the 17th of June, at the formal organiza- 
tion of the Chapter, there was unveiled with due ceremony, in the assembly 
hall, a beautiful bronze tablet, in memory of this brave patriot, so engraved 
and placed, that the children cannot fail to know the main facts in the life 
of this man whose name the school bears. The tablet cost f •20() 00, which 
sum was raised by subscriptions, solicited entirely by the Regent, among 
the patriotic citizens of Brighton and Allston. 

Through the same instrumentality, Massachusetts Sons of the Revolu- 
tion were interested in this school, and on the 21st of February, the Presi- 
dent, Mr. Eben Francis Thompson, accompanied by the Historian, Mr. 
Walter Gilman Page, presented to it framed portraits of George and Martha 
Washington. On this occasion, each of the six hundred children present 
wore a badge and small American flag, the gifts of the Chapter. 

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A Junior Auxiliary, to be named the Joanna Sparhawk Cliapter, in 
honor of Col. Oardner's wife, has been decided on, and by fall will be in 
running order. 

The social and financial interests of the Chapter have been furthered 
by three whist parties, and a cake and candy sale, in addition to the regular 
meetings, which are held on the 17th of each month, this being an impor- 
tant day, not only in the life of Col. Gardner's ancestors, but in the early 
history of our dear country. 




BRONZE TABLET EKECTKU TO THE MKMdKY OF CGI.. THO.MAS GARDNER, IN THE 
HAI.l. OI' THE NKW ITIOMAS GARDNER SCHoOI, 

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clolonel Ubomas Xotbrop Cbapter, ot Gobasset, 

was formed June 2, 1S9G. Mrs. Charles A. Gross was first Regent and the 
twelve charter members for nine months composed the Chapter. We rec^-ived 
our Charter October 19, 1896. 

The first two years our work was necessarily limited to the study of 
local history, with reading of papers on the ancestry of members and kin- 
dred topics, a Colonial Tea, a lecture or reception now and then, with small 
contributions to various patriotic objects. We have usually observed 
October 19 and April 19 in suitable fashion. Beginning with 1898 we have 
each year purchased a picture or pictures for some room of the Osgood 
School. A lecture on Cohasset in the time of the Revolution, with stere- 
opticon illustrations was given by one of our number to our foreign popu- 
lation. By a Loan Exhibit in 1901, and several smaller entertainments, 




BOULDER AXD TABLET TO THE REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS AND SAILORS 



money was raised for a Revolutionary boulder and tablet which we dedi- 
cated in June, 1902. In 1903 a complete list of all the cemetery inscrip- 
tions in the town was prepared for the New England Historical Genealogical 
Society. 

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MISS EVA E. LAWRENCE, KEUENT 




MRS. MARY A GROSS, FOUNDER AND FIRST REGENT 

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In April, 1905, we sent by our delegate to Washington, fifteen dollars 
for Continental Hail Fund ; in June we gave a photograph of Turner's 
" Fighting Temeraire " to the seventh grade of the Osgood School, Cohasset ; 
and in October we gave the proceeds of a " Hearts Party," about seventeen 
dollars, to the Paul Revere House Fund. 

The Chapter has just accepted for its headquarters the use of an old 
schoolhouse which has long been the headquarters of the G. A. R. 

The old meeting house on Cohasset Common was built in 1747, and it 
was here that soldiers enlisted and were drilled during the Revolutionary 
War. 




OLD MEETING HOUSE, COHASSET 



An outing is always taken in June, some place historically interesting 
being visited, as the Royall House, Medford, in 1901, and Whittier's homes 
by the Merrimac last year. 

We have quite a number of members from Scituate and have had many 
pleasant meetings in that town. We have now about sixty members, and 
have of late been indebted to several members of other Chapters for inter- 
esting papers, as well as to other friends. The present Regent is Miss Eva 
E. Lawrence. 



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(Tolonel Ilimotbv? ilBioelow Cbapter, IRHorcester, 



was constituted December 17, 1S98, and formally organized June 7, 1899. 
Its Founder and first Regent was Mrs. C. Van D. Chenoweth who served 
the Chapter three years, resigning for the purpose of founding and 
organizing Colonel Henshaw Chapter of Leicester. At present she is 
honorary member of both 
chapters. 

Mrs. D. H. Fames, Mrs. 
T. C. Bates, and Mrs. Cheno- 
weth were the pioneers in the 
movement for organization, 
and the first four or tive 
meetings were held in the 
home of Mrs. Bates. Mrs. 
Daniel Kent was Regent from 
May, 1901 to May, 1903, and 
at the expiration of her term 
of office, she was made Hon- 
orary Regent of the Chapter 
for life. From May, 1903, 
to May, 1905, Mrs. William 
Trowbridge Forbes was Re- 
gent, and from May, 1905, 
to the present time, Mrs. 
Theodore C. Bates has held 
that office. 




MRS. C. VAN V. CHENOWETH, EX-STATE HISTORIAN, MASSA- 
CHUSETTS D. A. R., FOUNDER AND EX-REGENT 



During the existence of the Chapter it has published the following 
books or pamphlets : — 

I. A List of the Soldiers of the Revolution from Worcester, and 
Memorial Exercises held May 30, 1901. 

II. The First School House in Worcester. (A Report of the 
Historical Research Committee.) 

III. The First School House in Worcester. Exercises at the Unveil- 
ing of the Tablet. 

IV. A Calendar of some of the Revolutionary Houses in Worcester. 



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V. Old Age and Immortality. An Address by Senator George F. 
Hoar. Published in 19U4 in aid of the Fund for Memorial Continental Hall. 

VI. A Book of Beverages. 

The following tablets have been placed by the Chapter: — 

I. In 1903 a bronze tablet was placed near the site of the first school 
house in Worcester where President John Adams taught. 

II. In 1904: a wooden tablet was put upon the block now standing 
on the site of the house of Colonel Timothy Bigelow. 

III. Also in 1904 a similar marker was placed on the house of Isaiah 
Thomas, the founder of the American Antiquarian Society and " Worcester 
Spy." 

IV. A wooden tablet on the house owned by Governor John Hancock, 
which also was owned and occupied by Governor Lincoln and other men 
prominent in the history of the State. 

V. The Chapter has also joined with the other patriotic societies of 
Worcester in placing bronze tablets on the site of the birthplace of George 
Bancroft, the historian, and on the Worcester Common which was formerly 
used as a burying place and where eight Revolutionary soldiers are buried. 

It has located and marked with the S A. R. marker the graves of 

fifty-one soldiers of the 
Revolution, 

The daughters of mem- 
bers under eighteen years of 
age have been organized 
into an auxiliary association 
called the Junior Daughters 
of the Colonel Timothy 
Bigelow Chapter. They have 
planted on the Old Common 
near the grave of Colonel 
Timothy Bigelow, a white 
oak, to his memory, which is 
to be called by his name. 
In 1902, prizes amount- 
ing to twenty-five dollars 
were given for the three best 
essays on subjects connected 
with the Revolution, written 
by the senior classes of the 
high schools of Worcester 
County. In 1904-05 the Committeee on Patriotism had a very valuable 
series of lectures prepared by gentlemen of great ability, which have been 




MRS. DANIEL KENT 



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MRS. HARRIET M. 1 oKl.i.5, EX-REGENT 



delivered many times and 
are still in great demand, to 
the foreigners of the city. 
These lectures are two-fold, 
half of them being on the 
history of the Country, State, 
and City, and half on the 
common laws of which a 
knowledge is most valuable 
to those coming from coun- 
tries with different laws and 
customs from ours. These 
lectures have been delivered 
in Italian, Armenian, and 
other languages, by men of 
these nationalities, who have 
been found with sufficient 
education and ability to 
translate them from English 
into their own tongue. 



The membership is now 
one hundred andeighty-four. 
Since our organization we 
have had five "Real Daugh- 
ters," of whom two are now 
living. 

Mrs. Daniel R. Cady, 
of Westborough, daughter 
of Colonel Jonathan Elkins, 
born March IS, 18'25, died 
on her birthday, 1905, aged 
just eighty years. 

Mrs. James M. Randall, 
of Worcester, daughter of 
Thaddeus Monroe, born 
July 10, 1825, died June 1, 
1905, being a month under 
eighty years. 

Mrs. Nathaniel John- 
son, of Milford, daughter of 
Levi Pierce, born June 24, 




EMMA F. D. KATES, REi.ENT 



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TABLET ON SITE OF FIRST SCHOOLHOUSE IN WORCESTER, 
TAUGHT BY JOHN ADAMS, SECOND PRESIDENT OF UNITED STATES 



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1804, died on Christmas Day, 1905, aged one hundred and one years, and 
six months. 

Mrs. Israel Taft, of Spencer, daughter of Dr. Samuel Frink, born 
May 31, 1817. 

Mrs. Elizabeth Brown Morse, of Westborough, born October 26, l!S26, 
daughter of Frederick Ferdinand Brown, of Framingham. 




MRS. DANIi'.L R. CADY, " REAL DAUGHThK" 



We also have an honorary " Real Daughter," Mrs. Joanna White 
Beaman Fletcher, a member of Old South Chapter. 

The Chapter was named in honor of Colonel Timothy Bigelow, who 
was born in Worcester, August 12, ITHO, and who was active in the service 
of his country throughout the Revolutionary \^'ar. He died March 81, 
1790. 



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MRS. ALICE E. TAtT 



MRS. THOMAS MORSE 





MRS. ANN KKBl'XCA RANDALL 



MRS. NATHAMKL JOHNSON 



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TLbc Deane Mintbrop Cbapter, of "Cdintbrop, /iDass., 

is so young that its history is yet to make, but some detail of its birth, which 
savors so much of historic and colonial times, perhaps would be of interest 
and serve as history in want of other. For some years it was the ambition 
of a "Daughter," resident of Winthrop (Mrs. F. W. Hudson), that Winth- 
rop should have a Chapter of its own, yet that desire did not become a 
reality until the Bazaar of Nations, held in the Deane Winthrop House, Aug. 
29-30-31, Sept. 1-2, was in progress. 




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This Bazaar was given by the ladies of about fifteen organizations of 
Winthrop, under the auspices of the Winthrop Improvement Association, 
for the purpose of raising funds to purchase this old Colonial House, and 
preserve it to future generations. 

The program of this "Bazaar of Nations," set apart one day as His- 
toric, inviting all historic and patriotic societies in and about Boston to 
visit us on that day. The State Regent, Mrs. Evelyn F. Masury, and Mrs. 
Isabel B. Stimpson, State Treasurer, were our guests, and during our social 
interchange of thought, it was decided to form a Chapter in Winthrop to 
be known as the " Deane Winthrop Chapter," in honor of the old house 
where we had met. Thus, Sept. 1, 1905, is our birthday, although it was 

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not until Jan. 22, 1906, that we were duly organized and received our 
Charter from the State Regent, Mrs. Chas. H. Masury, at the State D. A.R. 
Rooms, in the Pierce Building, Boston, Mass. 

The house was built by Deane, the sixth son of Massachusetts' first 
Governor, John Winthrop, about 1640, and is a typical Colonial farm house, 
situated on Shirley Street, Winthrop, Mass., and is today in a fair state of 
preservation, though it has weathered the storms and sun of over two 
hundred and fifty (250) years. Through our efforts at the Bazaar we have 
seven hundred and fifty ($750.00) dollars towards the purchase of this his- 
toric house. Surely the Deane Winthrop Chapter, numbering twenty-two 
members, has its first work in view, to assist the Winthrop Improvement 
Association in this noble work, and at the same time help itself by securing 
a suitable and permanent place for its meetings, as well as an interesting 
place to entertain its visitors, for Winthrop is one of the pretty sea shore 
towns so easy to reach, on a summer day's pilgrimage. 




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Ubc Committee ot Safetv Cbapter, H>.B.1R,, ot Boston, 




was organized during tlie spring of 1U04. Tliere were at that time only 
twelve members, although several had sent in application papers. At 
present it has twenty-two members. 

The work the Chapter has undertaken to do, other than that prescribed 
by the National Constitution, is that of furthering patriotic interest among 
the Italians of this city. 

The first public meeting held by the Chapter was on May 7, 1904. A 
verv enjoyable evening was passed, and among those who spoke to the 
members and their guests were 
Mrs. Masury, State Regent, Mrs. 
Rose Harkins, then State Parlia- 
mentarian, and the Rev. Mr. 
Horton. Since then the Chapter 
has had many interesting meet- 
ings. At several Miss Nitti has 
spoken of her work among the 
Italians. The Chapter has given 
her contributions to help in her 
work. This winter it is paying 
the expenses of a teacher for the 
younger people. 

The Chapter has furnished toys for a Christmas tree for Miss Newell 
of the Epworth League Home. 

The hrst time the Chapter entered into any large enterprise with the 
Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution was during the Conti- 
nental I>azaar, held at Copley Hall, in 1904. About one hundred dollars 
was the result of its table there. 

At a late meeting the Chapter voted to buy a copy of the frieze of 
the burning of the " Peggy Stewart," which contains two figures, repre- 
senting the Committee of Safety. This frieze is in the New Court House 
in Baltimore, and was painted by C. Y. Turner, of New York. Prom it the 
Chapter has had a cut made for use in its work. Postal cards have also 
been engraved with these two heads, and can be had of Chapter members. 

The Committee of Safety, from which the Chapter takes its name, was 
one of the most important to serve during the Revolutionary period. 

These men were of incalculable service in detecting conspiracies 
against the interests of the people, and restraining evil-disposed persons. 
They were possessed of almost supreme executive jiower, delegated to them 



COMMITTEE OF SAFETY 



by the people. They had charge of all implements of war purchased by, 
and at the expense of the Province. They had the power to choose a 
suitable number of persons to act as officers of the army ; to impress horses 
and teams, directing the owners to send the accounts to the Committee of 
Supplies; also to empower other people to impress on special occasions. 

They were the committee to bring in a plan for the establishment of 
the officers and soldiers, and the means necessary to raise money for the 
army, and they regulated the salaries and rations of the officers and 
soldiers. 

Massachusetts took the lead in appointment of a Committee of Safety, 
but the other Colonies soon followed. These committees were in constant 
communication with the Committee of Correspondence, another very 
important committee. 

Thus, you see, from its manifold duties, the importance of the 
Committee of Safety. 

The name first appeared as the name of a committee in England 
during the civil war of IGi'i and 1644. 

Miss Marie Ware Laughton has served the Chapter as Regent since 
its inception, and she was also the first State Vice-Regent in Massachusetts, 
1901-1902. 




" He who is not interested in the history of his ancestors does not 
deserve to be remembered by his posterity." 



"The American Revolution was a subhme assertion of the rights 
of humanity." 



"Nuble deeds are honored more than noble birth." 



H)ovotbv? :(6rc\vcr Cbaptci% H>. H. IR., Maltbam, riDass, 

The wave of patriotism which swept across the Western Hemisphere 
from ocean to ocean, in 1S91, spreading from centralization into small 
cities and villages, arousing a fervor of enthusiasm that culminated in 
innumerable charters, inundated the City of Watches with its tidal fealty 
and produced an energetic offspring, which sprang full-statured into being 
on February 1 1, 1S97, with a charter membership enrolling twenty-four 
enthusiasts. 

Mrs. Adaline A. IMandin, of Waltham, a member of the National organ- 
ization, entered into correspondence with the National Hoard at Washing- 
ton relative to Chapter formation, resulting in a visit from the State Regent 
of Massachusetts, Mme. Von Rydingsvaard, at her home, in January. A 
second meeting was held, and Mrs. Blandin was invited by the State 
Regent to become Chapter Regert. Mrs. Blandin declined on account of 
ill health. Mrs. Ida Louise Gibbs was urged to accept the position, but 
felt a wider canvass was imperative before accepting such responsibility. 
A third call was sent broadcast, and on February 11, at the residence of 
Mrs. Gibbs, "Dorothy Brewer," the second, a century and a half after 
her namesake, became an actual visible presence in the home of her 
predecessor. 

From the hour of birlh the infant Chapter strove to compel reciprocal 
pride between its parent and self, and many patriotic observances, oftentimes 
neglected in the home city, were due to the tireless activity of its members. 
Schools have been visited, flags bestowed, memorials created, and a 
bronze tablet decorates an old tree on Main street. A beautiful bust of 
"Warren," with pedestal, has been placed in a corridor of the new High 
School building, and many functions appropriate to sentiment and history 
have been held. 

One of the unique and invaluable possessions of the Chapter is its 
charter frame, made from representative and historic woods, culled, through 
the generous courtesy of the State Regent, from the famous and honored 
thirteen original states. It is hand-made, of Massachusetts oak for founda- 
tion, each state adding its lustre in a large star, with a simulated ribbon 
twining the points bearing the name in raised letters. The Massachusetts 
star is made from the Washington Elm, and the Chapter name is similarly 
carved on a beautiful panel at the base, made from the oldest oak on the 
Beaver Brook Reservation. The sisterhood of the Chapters was made 
splendidly manifest by the enthusiastic promptness with which the historic 
thirteen came graciously into the frame union. 



The Regents of Dorothy Brewer, beginning with Mrs. Ida Louise Gibbs, 
have been five, and include, in order, Mrs. Nora Stanley Smiley, Mrs. 
Adaline A. Blandin, Mrs. Sarah Osborne Colburn, and Mrs. Ella Goodenow 
Whitney, the present incumbent. 

The Chapter has ever striven to uphold fundamental intention — 
National obligation ; serving with enthusiasm and loyalty its recognized 
honored authorities, the State Regent, and National President (jeneral. 
Its motto is: 

" In small things, liberty; 
In large things, unity; 
In all things, loyalty." 




'■ Let us today l)e faithful, 
As were the men of old, 
Till we, their work pursuing. 
Bring in the age of gold." 



Beborab Sampson Cbapter, of JBrocftton, 

was organized January -5, 1.S97, with twenty-one charter members. The 
Founder and first Regent of the Chapter was Mrs. Rebecca C. Boomer. 
For several years this Chapter has had the honor of being the largest in the 
State, and still remains the banner chapter in point of membership, although 
in February of the present year (19(l5), a new chapter was organized in 




iSi'i...-^, 



DEBORAH SAMPSON 



Whitman, named the Captain John Pulling Chapter, its membership of 
sev^enty having been taken from the Deborah Sampson Chapter. 

Ten " Real Daughters " have honored the rolls of this Chapter since its 
organization. These are Mrs. Lydia White French, Mrs. Lydia Lane 
Poole, Mrs. Frances Hobart Soule; Mrs. Thirza Hazard Beal, Mrs. Lucy 
Hazard Emerson (sisters) ; Mrs. Nancy Smith Snell, Mrs. Lurana Smith 
Collins (sisters) ; Mrs. Aurelia Boyden (Clapp) McDonald, Mrs. Ardelia 
Bartlett (Clapp) Hatch, Mrs. Mary Ann (Clapp) Scott (sisters). 



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The first seven have passed away and their pictures were lost by fire. 
The last three (sisters) joined the Chapter in October, 1905, and are said 
to be the youngest " Real Daughters " in the National Society, their ages 
being fifty-nine, fifty-seven, and fifty-four, respectively. Deborah Sampson 
Chapter has also twenty-six grand-daughters, and one great grand-daughter. 

Another interesting member was Hannah Adams West (died 189S) 
who, when thirteen years old, was waiting maid to Mrs Lucy Knox, a per- 
sonal friend of General Washington. She often recalled the time when 
she put on the shoes and stockings of Mrs. Knox, which were worn to the 
ball when she danced with General Washington. 




MRS. ARDELLA BARTLETT HATCH 



MRS. AURELIA BOYDEN MCDONALD 



MRS MARY ANN SCOTT 



Each year on Memorial Day the Chapter decorates the grave of 
Deborah Sampson, in .Sharon, Massachusetts, and those of eighty soldiers 
of the Revolutionary War who sleep in the many cemeteries of Brockton. 
Ten dollars is contributed each year to the Old Bridgewater Historical 
Society, and a case has been placed in the fire proof building belonging 
to this society for a loan collection of relics. In the rotunda of City Hall 
a marble tablet has been set to the memory of the soldiers of the Old North 
Parish in the War of the Revolution. A prize of ten dollars in gold has 
been given to the pupil in the Brockton High School writing the best essay 
on " The Women of the Revolution." Pictures of the American flag have 

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been framed and hung in 
seven of the schools of 
Brockton, and fifty dollars 
has been donated to Mem- 
orial Continental Hall. This 
Chapter also contributed 
about one hundred and 
twenty dollars to the Conti- 
nental Bazaar held in Boston 
in December, 19U-i. 

The (Chapter has done 
much in local historical re- 
search, many noteworthy 
papers having been read be- 
fore the Chapter at its regu- 
lar meetings during the last 
three years ; il has also held 
many public patriotic meet- 
ings with prominent speakers 
on patriotic subjects, to 
which the general public has 





MRS. CHLOE R. (iURNEY, RECENT 



MRS, REBECCA C. BOOMER 
FOUNDER AND FIRST REGENT 



been invited ; patriotic days 
have been observed, and 
much in the line of patriotic 
work has been done by the 
Chapter in the eight years 
of its existence. 

The present member- 
ship of the Chapter since 
the transfer of the seventy 
members to the new Chapter 
in Whitman is three hundred 
and seven, and the present 
Regent is Mrs. Lysander F. 
Gurney, of Brockton. 

A copy of Trumbull's 
famous painting, " The Sign- 
ing of the Declaration of 
Independence " has recently 
been presented to the new 
High School in Brockton. 
The Chapter observed its 



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ninth anniversary on January 25, the State Regent and many prominent 
D. A. R. being present. 

A memorial to Deborah Sampson, the " patron saint " of the Chapter, 
has been put in the hands of a committee, and will be placed before the 
year is out. 

History study has been continued, with the addition of papers by 
members, on the names of our State chapters, and prominent speakers have 
addressed open meetings, including Hon. Benjamin F. Trueblood, Secretary 
American Peace Society. 

Mrs. Hetty R. Littlefield and Mrs. L. B. Hatch have served the 
Chapter as Regent, and the latter has been Chaplain of the State since 
October, 1903. 




MRS. HETTY K. LITTLEFIELD 



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XIl.l•bri^GC Gbapter, now Beborab Tllllbeclocft, 2). B. 1R. 

was organized Feb. 14, IS99, with twelve charter members. We met with 
losses in membership and made but a small gain until the past year, when 
enthusiasm reigned, and we now have thirty, and are beginning to feel quite 
encouraged. We have placed markers on the graves of all our Revolution- 
ary Soldiers, sent reading matter to the Philippines, given two subscriptions 
to the Continental Hall Fund, sent articles to the Bazaar in Boston, Decem- 




LIEUT. SIMEON WHEEI.OCK HOUSE, UXBRIDGE, MASS. 



ber, 1904, and also helped in other ways when called upon to do so. We 
have held a loan exhibition of old fashioned articles, given a Martha 
Washington Reception, entertained other chapters, had lectures, and made 
trips to places of interest. Our meetings are always very patriotic and 
instructive, each lady usually planning her own programme. 

We regret much that we have no Real Daughter in our own Chapter, 
to love and care for. We are to present a framed picture of the Declaration 

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of Independence to the High School here on Washington's Birthday, 1906, 
with appropriate exercises. We are also to give medals to the scholars of 
the Grammar grades who write the best historical essays. Two medals are 
to be offered. We sent ten dollars to Continental Hall fund, and are still 
marking the graves of our heroes. 

Nothing is known of the maiden life of Deborah Thayer Wheelock, in 
whose honor our Chapter is named, except that she was born in the little 
town of Mendon, Mass., and in 1763 married Simeon Wheelock of the 
adjoining town of Uxbridge. In 1769 Simeon Wheelock built the little 
house still standing on Main Street, in the center of the town of Uxbridge, 
and from this house he marched in April, 1775, at the call of Lexington, 
as First Lieutenant of a company of '' Minute Men." Deborah cared for 
her home and family of eight children, who had been left utterly unprovided 
for, and with marvelous strife and economy cleared the little home of its 
heavy mortgage. She rests in the quiet cemetery of the little town where 
her heroic life had been passed. Her husband's body lies in an unknown 
and unmarked srave. 




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iDorotbYl Cliuincii Ibancock (Ibaptcr, 2).a.1R., of GreenfielD, 

was organized March 5, 1896, receiving its charter the •24th of June 
following, upon which day we assembled at the home of our Regent, Mrs. 
Louise Griswold Deane, and were honored by the presence of the State 
Regent, the late Mrs. T. M. Brown. 




DOROTHY (lUlNCY HANCOCK 



Our charter members were sixteen in number ; we have three life 
members, Mrs. C. C. Furbush,who has been actively identified with its 
interests from the first. Miss Daphne Graves, and Mrs. Sarah Merriam 
VVoodard. 

The growth of the Chapter has been slow. During the ten years of 
its existence we have had but forty-six members. Four of these were " Real 

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MRS. LOUISE GRISWOLD DEANE 
FOUNDER AND FIRST REGENT 



Daughters " ; we regret the loss 
of three of that number. Five 
members have resigned and 
one has been transferred. 

The Chapter meets the 
second Thursday of each month 
from October to June, inclusive. 
Local history has been studied, 
an account of the Revolu- 
tionary ancestors of many of 
the members has been secured, 
and various subjects pertaining 
to Colonial times have been 
considered. Through the ef- 
forts of Mrs. R. O. Stetson 
and Mrs. Harry Kellogg, the 
graves of seventeen Revolu- 
tionary soldiers have been 
marked with S. A. R. markers. 
A loan exhibit was given by 
the Chapter and the proceeds 



used for patriotic work. A list 
of men, as complete as pos- 
sible, serving in the Revolution 
from Greenfield, has been pre- 
pared. The Chapter contrib- 
utes generously for Memorial 
Day. The records show that 
an actual need or demand has 
always been considered by the 
Chapter. Its membership in- 
cludes five from the adjoin- 
ing towns. Mrs. Nahum S. 
Cutler served most faithfully 
for four years as Regent; her 
tact and good judgment are 
always relied upon. 

The Chapter presented 
Company L with a substantial 
sum towards a new flag, also a 
pennant of the Chapter's colors 




MRS. N. S. CI Ti.EK, PAST REGENT 



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MRS. MARIA AVERY DANIELS I'lKE 
" REAL DAUGHTER " 



MRS. PRUDENCE BARNARD SMITH 

"REAL DAUGHIER" 
Taken just before her Centennial Birthday 





MRS. EUNICE SHERMAN KORBKS TOBEY 
•'REAL DAUGHTIiR" 



MRS. ABIGAIL I'RATT HAKTWELL CARIER 
"REAL DAUGHIER" 



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to be fastened to the flag-staff 
of the Company's colors, which 
saw service in the Spanish War. 
The Chapter did valuable work 
in the Volunteer Aid Associa- 
tion at that time. 

It was our privilege and 
pleasure to entertain the State 
Conference, October, 1905. 
Our present Regent, Mrs. R. O. 
Stetson, has served us two 
years. Mrs. Louise G. Deane, 
who organized the Chapter 
and was our Regent for four 
years has always taken a strong 
and helpful interest in the 
Chapter. 

Mrs. Maria Avery Daniels 
Pike is the only surviving 
member of the Chapter's four 
"Real Daughters"; she has been a member since May 14, 1S96. Maria 
Avery was born March 31, 1804, in Charlemont, Mass., and has just 
celebrated her one hundred and second birthday. She takes a keen 
interest in the present and to that as well as her genial disposition and fund 
of humor she owes perhaps her remarkable preservation. 

Mrs. Prudence Barnard Smith, another " Real Daughter," died August 
26, 1902, nearly one hundred and one years old. 

Mrs. Eunice Sherman Forbes Tobey, a third " Real Daughter," was a 
daughter of Caleb and Eunice Bacon Sherman, and the youngest of ten 
children. She died in Conway, February 6, 1899, and was nearly ninety-one 
years old. 

Mrs. Abigail Pratt Hartwell Carter, the fourth "Real Daughter," was 
born in Buckland, October 1, 1S04, and died February 9, 1903, aged 
ninety-eight. 



MRS. R. O. STETSON, REGENT 



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dfaneuil IHall Cbapter 

was organized at Wakefield, Feb. 11, 1896, and received its charter July 81, 
following. Mrs. Ida Farr Miller, under whose influence the Chapter was 

formed, was its Regent until May, 
1899. On March 16, Mrs. Miller 
presented to the Chapter a gavel 
made from a tree grown at Mt. 
Vernon, and also on May 6, a 
beautiful frame, handsomely 
carved, for the Charter, made 
from original wood taken from 
Faneuil Hall. 

In December, 1896, a picture 
of Faneuil Hall, painted by Mrs. 
Fmma Osgood, and framed in his- 
toric wood, was sent to the Chap- 
ter at Atlanta, Ga., for Craigie 
House, presented to them by 
Gov. Greenhalge. 

During the Spanish War, in 
addition to money and services 
given individually, the Chapter 
made one hundred and six denim 




MKS. IDA KAKK MULtK 



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knapsacks, tilling them with convenient utensils, for Company L, Sixth 
Massachusetts. 

In January, 1897, the following petition, drafted by the Regent, 
was approved and sent to all the Massachusetts Chapters, asking their co- 
operation : 

•' Being fully aware of the danger that threatens the ' Cradle of Lib- 
erty,' through destruction by tire, the Faneuil Hall Chapter, D. A. R., asks 

the Chapter to join with them in an earnest request to 

His Honor, Mayor Quincy, and 
the Boston City Government, 
that immediate steps may be 
taken to do away with all dan- 
ger, and to insure the preserva- 
tion of this justly prized build- 
ing, remembering always the 
words of the noble Lafayette, 
when the guest of the city in 
1824: 'The City of Boston, 
the Cradle of Liberty ; may 
Faneuil Hall ever stand a mon- 
ument to teach the world that 
resistance to oppression is a 
duty, and will, under true Re- 
publican institutions, become 
a blessing.' " 

It was extensively signed 
by members of all D. A. R. 
Chapters in the State, and by 
other patriotic societies, and 
was sent to Mayor Quincy by 
the Regent, with an urgent 
letter asking that steps betaken 
to make the Hall fire-proof. This work has since been done, and is a credit 
to the City of Boston. 

Following Mrs. Miller, Miss Hattie A. Williams served the Chapter 
faithfully as its Regent from May, 1899, to 19U1. During her Regency a 
line exhibit of Colonial and Revolutionary relics was made by the Chapter, 
at the residence of Mrs. Charles C. Odlin. Many rare and valuable 
antiques were contributed, and the money thus realized enabled the 
Chapter to place a handsome cabinet in the Maiden Public Library for 
historic articles. 

From May, 1901, to 1903, Mrs. Harriet E. Page was Regent, and dur- 
ing her term of otiice one of the most delightful receptions to the Chapter 
was given by the Regent, at her home in Melrose, in honor of the Presi- 
dent-General, Mrs. Charles W. Fairbanks, and the Vice-President-General 

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MRS. HARKIKT E. PAGE, EX-REGEN T 



from Massachusetts, Mrs. Greenlief W. Simpson. Many Regents and 

guests from other Chapters were present. 

The Chapter contributed one hundred dollars to Continental Hall 

while Mrs. Page was Regent, the first large amount given. 

Mrs. Ellen T. Brown, Re- 
gent from 1903 to 1905, wel- 
comed twenty-two new mem- 
bers, fifty dollars was given to 
Continental Hall in 1908, and 
the Chapter at the Bazaar in 
1904 raised $178.15, and there 
was also a beautiful cabinet 
placed in the Melrose Public 
Library for historic articles, 
at the close of Mrs. Brown's 
Regency. 

Mrs. Marion F. Davies, 
1905-<i(3, is the present Regent, 
under whose leadership the 
Chapter is doing splendid work, 
plans being laid to raise money 
for Continental Hall and other 
patriotic work. 

The Chapter has increased 
in membership, changes com- 
ing by transfer and resignation, and three by death, one of these, Mrs. 

Harriet G. .Ames, being the oldest in the 

Chapter. 

Mrs. I. L. Pratt, and Miss L. A. Hopkins, 

sisters, are the Chapter's " Real Daughters," a 

sketch of whose lives can be found in the Ameri- 
can Monthly Magazine for November, 1904. 

During the past year the Chapter has also 

lost its honored life member, Mrs. Mary A. Liver^ 

more, who died May 28, 1905, eighty-four years 

old. Mrs. Livermore's death was an irreparable 

loss to the Chapter. .A. woman of broad mind 

and high ideals, Faneuil Hall Chapter profited 

by the lectures and talks she so freely gave, the 

last of which " 4'he Women of the War," 

given fan. 9, 1905, will be remembered, and her gracious memory long 

cherished by those so fortunate as to be present. 

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MRS. F. H. BROWN, EX-RECENT 




MRS. JOHN W. 1)A\1ES, 
KEGEM 



May 24, 190(1, the Mary A. Livermore Kim was planted by the Chap- 
ter on the High School grounds in Melrose, Mrs. Livermore being present 
and assisting in the exercises and planting. 

The work of the Chapter has been along patriotic lines, having given 
for different objects the sum of $750.49, of this $84o.l5 has been for Con- 
tinental Hall. 





MRS. JOSEPH L. PRATT MISS LUCIETA A. HOPKINS 

" REAL DAUGHTERS " OF FANEUIL HAI.L CHAPTER 



Four historical pictures have been given to the Reading, Wakefield, 
Maiden, and Melrose High Schools, also book prizes to schools in Reading, 
Wakefield, and Melrose, for the best Essays on "The Causes of the Ameri- 
can Revolution, and the Results Achieved." 

The Chapter has responded to many calls, a few of which are : 

The Hancock House in Lexington, 
Monument to Mary, mother of Washington, 
Washington Statue, presented to France, 
The Lafayette Monument, 

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(The Chapter was represented at the dedication of these last two in 
Paris, July 4, IDltO, and a wreath was placed on the grave of Lafayette as a 
tribute from the Chapter. ) 

Wolcott Fund^ 

Mt. Vernon Association, 

McKinley Memorialj 

Cape Cod Pilgrim Memorial, 

Jefferson Memorial Road, 

Paul Revere Memorial Association, and many others. 

The Chapter appropriates each year a sum of inoney to its historical 
fund, and hopes to do better work as years go on. It also has a " mite 
box," for charitable purposes. 

Regular meetings are held from October to May inclusive, at the homes 
of the members. 

A beautiful flag was presented to the Chapter Nov. 14, 1904, by Miss 
Emily French. 

Although the Chapter is named for Faneuil Hall, it can hardly claim 
that to be a " Patron Saint," but it is certainly justified in the pride it feels 
for the " Cradle of Liberty." 




MRS. MARY A. I.IVERMORE 



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iFitcbburo Cbapter 

was organized at Fitchburg, Mass., in January, 1S99, with twenty-two 
charter members, Mrs. Caroline Gibson Tufts being the Founder and the 
first Regent. 

We have had sixty names enrolled on our membership list, and during 
our seven years of existence we have lost four by death, including two 




MRS. CAROLINE GIBSON TUFTS, FOUNDER AND FIRST REGENT 



"Real Daughters." Several have been transferred to other chapters, and, 
at present date, March 1, 1906, we have forty-six members in good and 
regular standing. 

Mrs. Jane Seaver Stockwell, a "Real Daughter," was made a member 
of the Fitchburg Chapter, D. A. R., soon after its organization, and many 

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tokens of esteem were sent to Mrs. Stockwell by the Chapter. She was 

born in Phillipston, September 7, 1805, and died at Athol, Mass., December 

9, 1901, at the advanced age of ninety-three years. 

Our second and last "Real 
Daughter," Mrs. Harriet Hoar Chubb, 
died at her home in Athol, at the ad- 
vanced age of ninety years and eleven 
months. The members cf Fitchburg 
Chapter presented her with a gold 
spoon as a token of veneration and 
respect. 

Mrs. Chubb was born in Westmin- 
ster, April 30, 1814, and was the young- 
est of eleven children. Her father was 
Timothy Hoar, of Concord, who came 
from the same branch of Hoars as did 
Senator George F. Hoar who died re- 
cently in Worcester. 

Soon after the organization of the 
Chapter, the first work undertaken was 
the erecting of headstones to mark un- 
known graves of Revolutionary soldiers 

at a cost of fourteen dollars each. The Chapter has contributed towards 

beautifying the "Post-office Park," raising funds by selling tickets to 

entertainments given in Wallace Hall. 
Through the untiring efforts of 

Mrs. Charles L. Fairbanks, one of the 

prominent members of the Chapter, 

the dedication of the marker or tablet 

on the site of the " Lord's Barn " on 

Dean Hill, took place on Sunday, 

September 11, 1904. This is the site 

upon which stood the first meeting 

house in Fitchburg, and called the 

" Lord's Barn " from its unfinished con- 
dition, which remained such until it 

was torn down in 1S25. A front wall 

has been laid, and a boulder placed in 

the center of the wall, in the center of 

which is a tablet marked : " Site of the 

New Meeting House known in History 

as the "Lord's Barn." 1788-1825." 



MKS. JANE SEAVER STOCKWELL, 
" REAL daughter" 




MRS. IIARRIKI' HOAR iIIUBH, 
" REAL DArGllTER '' 



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The Chapter has also done much towards restoring what is known as 
"The Dean Hill Cemetery." A front wall two hundred and sixty feet long 
has been re-laid, and two boulders placed, one on either side of the gate- 
way, a tablet being set in each boulder, one with the names of Revolution- 
ary soldiers inscribed thereon. The other bears this inscription : " Erected 
by the Daughters of the American Revolution, 190o." An iron gate has 
been hung in place of the old one. 

In May, 1903, the Chapter formally presented ten fac-similes of the 
Declaration of Independence to the Normal, High, and eight grammar 
grades. We have recently sent twenty-five dollars to the Continental Hall 
Fund. We have contributed " The American Monthly Magazine " to the 
Public Library of Fitchburg each year, since the organization of our 
Chapter, as well as the Lineage Books. 

The literary program for the year 1905-06 has been a study of Charles 
Felton Pidgin's historical novels, "The Nation's Idol," " Blennerhassett," 
and " The Climax," and short biographical papers on the lives of Marquis 
de La Fayette, "Baron de Kalb',' "Kosciusko," and Baron Von Steuben. 




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Ifort /iDassacbusctts Cbaptcr. 

This Chapter of western Massachusetts, in North Adams, among the 
Berkshire Hills, was organized January 80, ISOT, with a charter membership 
of fifty, and received its name from Fort Massachusetts, the largest and 
westermost of the line of forts which extended from the Connecticut to the 
Hoosac River during the French and Indian War. 

This fort was built in 1745, and commanded by Captain Ephraim 
Williams, founder of Williams College, and was destroyed by the French 
and Indians. The site of the fort lies on the bank of the Hoosac River 
within the limits of the city of North Adams. 

The Founder and first Regent of this Chapter. Mrs. Andrew A. Rich- 
mond, comes of distinguished Colonial and Revolutionary parentage, and it 




FORT MASSACHUSETTS 



is due to her untiring energy and patriotic zeal throughout her regency 
that there was laid a firm foundation upon which has been built a strong 
and enduring chapter, now numbering eighty-six members. At the expira- 
tion of Mrs. Richmond's term of office she was presented with a beautiful 
cut glass loving cup in appreciation of her work in organizing the Chapter, 
and of her thorough and conscientious service during the three years of her 
administration. 

The second Regent was Mrs. Frank A. Walker, a descendant of General 
Israel Putnam. She is full of loyal enthusiasm and served her term of 
office with indefatigable energy. 

It was during her regency in October, 1901, that the Massachusetts 
State Conference was held in this city at the Richmond Theatre. At this 
time the Chapter was honored by the presence of Mrs. Fairbanks, President- 
General, Mrs. Grossman, Vice-President-General, Mrs. May Alden Ward, 
Miss Helen M. Winslow, State Regent, and many other distinguished 

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women, prominent officers in various Chapters. In the evening of that day 
a brilliant reception was held at the home of Mrs. William B. Arnold, in 
honor of the guests of the occasion, and was a pleasant and fitting conclu- 
sion to a very successful convention. 

To the next Regent, Mrs. Shepard Thayer, the Chapter owes a large 
debt of gratitude. The work she accomplished was in the spirit of unsel- 
fish devotion, to the Chapter itself, and to the work for which it stands. 
Through her personal efforts a portion of the land on which the old fort 
stood was purchased and marked with cornerstones. Previous to this they 
had provided a pennant for the flag staff which the Historical Society had 
erected on this site. 

In March, 189S, Dr. John Fiske was secured to deliver his lecture on 
" More About the Boston Tea Party," and at this time the Chapter offered 
prizes to the grammar and high schools respectively, for the best essay upon 
Dr. Fiske's lecture. Each winner received a copy of Fiske's " History of 
the Revolution." The Chapter has also given to each school in North 
Adams a handsomely framed fac-simile of the Declaration of Independence. 

At the beginning of the war with Spain, the members of Fort Massa- 
chusetts Chapter, as descendants of ancestors who served in the great war 
for American independence, immediately endorsed the action of President 
McKinley in declaring war, though deprecating the terrible consequences 
to our brave soldiers and sailors. As we were too remote from the capital, 
however, to enter into active work with the National Society, the Chapter 
tendered its services to the Massachusetts Volunteer Aid Association to 
assist in whatsoever manner it might suggest. Money and supplies were 
sent to assist in the equipment of the hospital ship, " Bay State," and the 
Chapter also sent direct to Company M. of Adams, at Cuba, a box of sup- 
plies, consisting of many articles not usually furnished by the government. 
It also assisted the local Grand Army in raising money for the War P\ind, 
and sent a contribution to the soldiers in the Philippines. A sum of money 
was appropriated toward defraying the expenses of the Cuban teachers, 
who studied at Harvard during the summer of 1900, and the Chapter con 
tributed its share toward the erection of the Nurses Memorial Monument 
at the National Cemetery. 

The monthly meetings of the Chapter are a source of continual interest 
and practical achievement. The social event of the Chapter is the annual 
banquet, usually held in observance of the anniversary of the Boston Tea 
Party. Many a distinguished guest comes to join us at the festive board, 
and each year adds to the enjoyment of the occasion. 

The "American Monthly Magazine " has been placed in the Public 
Library, and the graves of the Revolutionary Soldiers have been located in. 
and about the city. 

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The annual summer outings have been most enjoyable, visits having been 
made to Bennington, Old Deerfield, and various places of historical interest. 
Our energies are now devoted to Continental Memorial Hall, and we are 
doing all in our power to forward its completion. Since the organization of 
the Chapter over sixteen hundred dollars have been raised for patriotic 
purposes. 

The present Regent, Mrs. Arthur J. Witherell, is thoroughly imbued 
with the principles of loyalty to country. Her aim is to bring about greater 
unity of purpose, and to increase the sphere of usefulness and influence of 
the Chapter, making its presence felt by teaching greater patriotism and love 
of things historic. 




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jframinobam Gbapter 

was organized October 14, 1896. At the present time it has sixty-nine 
members. It has worked chiefly to erect a suitable monument to Revolu- 
tionary soldiers in Framingham ; has raised |900 for the same, and through 
its influence the town appropriated a sum as a bi-centennial offering to 
complete the monument, at a cost of upwards of $3,000. 

On the seventeenth day of June, 1905, a day long to be remembered 
by the people of Framingham, the Revolutionary Monument was dedicated. 

The whole design is by Henry H. Kitson 
and his wife, Theo Alice Ruggles Kitson, the 
well-known sculptors. The lady did the work 
of the statue model when her husband was 
unable to carry it on. The subject chosen 
was that of a blacksmith minute-man, who is 
represented as holding his musket in open 
hand and pouring powder into it. The 
statue is cast in bronze; is of heroic size; and 
is an exhibition of the striking originality 
of Mrs. Kitson, who surprised the world 
several years ago by her Civil War statue at 
Newburyport. 

Just behind the blacksmith's brawny 
form the sculptor has introduced his anvil, 
hammer, and tongs, the symbols of his call- 
ing. The granite pedestal bears the inscrip- 
tions : 

" In memory of the Revolutionary Soldiers 
of South Framingham. 

Erected by the Town of Framingham 

and Framingham Chapter, 

Daughters of the American Revolution. 

MINUTE MAN, FRAMINGHAM MDCCCCV," 

A murmur of approbation ran through the crowd at the unveiling 
of the statue, which towered up above them, a suggestive and grand 
memorial of the strength and character of our ancestors, as well as a lasting 
tribute to the genius of Henry and Alice Kitson who fashioned it. Last 
and not least, a tribute to the untiring energy and labors of the 
Framingham Chapter, which made such a monument possible. 

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The reception which followed the unveiling of the monument was held 
at the home of Mrs. Susie H. Briggs, one of Framingham's old homesteads. 
Five hundred guests enjoyed the hospitality of the Chapter, refreshments 
being served under the old historic elms upon the lawn. 

The presentation of an alto-relievo panel of " Paul Revere's Ride " to 
the Framingham High School was observed by the Chapter April 19, 1S99. 
This was a most interesting and instructive occasion, with an address by 
Mrs. E. M. White, founder and first Regent of the Chapter. 





MRS. E. M. WHITE, FIRST REGENT 



MRS. NETTIE V. HOWE, REGENT 1S99-I9O3 



In June, 1900, was celebrated the bi-centennial of the settlement of the 
town of Framingham. The members of Framingham Chapter, who were 
invited by the town committee to assist in the celebration, received visiting 
daughters and friends in the old historic Stone Academy, one of the oldest 
buildings in the town. Over one thousand persons called to extend con- 
gratulations and partake of the hospitality. 

Mrs. E. M. White was the first Regent of the Chapter, and was fol- 
lowed by Mrs. Nettie F. Howe, who served the Chapter three years as 
Regent, was also a charter member, and first Vice- Regent. She passed 



away soon after her term of office ended. The third Regent was Mrs. I. N. 
Marshall, who also served the State as Recording Secretary most faithfully 
for many years. 

The Chapter has contributed toward the building of Memorial Conti- 
nental Hall ; has paid its per capita tax toward the Massachusetts Relic 
for Continental Hall ; has done local charitable work, and assisted in the 
Continental Bazaar ; in fact, is always ready to do its share in the work 
of the organization. 





MRS. I. N. iMAKi^HALL 

F.X. REGENT, FRAMINGHAM CHAPTER 

EX. STATE REG. SEC, MASS. D A. K. 



.KKIRLUE CO. )Llln,L, kF.(,kM 



It did good work during the Spanish War, sending comforts to its 
soldiers from Framingham in Porto Rico, and one of its members served 
as nurse during the war in Cuba and the Philippines. 

The present Regent of the Chapter is Miss F. Gertrude Coolidge. 



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General Benjamtn Xtncoln Chapter, Bast IBoston. 

Mrs. Joseph H. Barnes was appointed a Regent at Washington, D. C, 
January '21, 1895, and authorized to gather and organize a Chapter of the 
Daughters of the American Revolution in East Boston, Massachusetts. 

A chapter was organized, and officers appointed by Mrs. Barnes on 
February 12, 1896, and unanimously named General Benjamin Lincoln 
Chapter in honor of the Revolutionary soldier, Major-General Benjamin 




SITE OF REVOLUTIONARY FORT, I776. SITE OF FORT STRONG, 1814 



Lincoln, of Hingham, Massachusetts. General Lincoln, at the breaking out 
of the war for Independence, held a commission as Colonel of the Third 
Suffolk Regiment. He was commissioned Brigadier-General, February 8, 
177(5, and Major-General, March, 1776. 

On the thirteenth and fourteenth of June, 1776, he executed the order, 
sanctioned by the Council of Massachusetts, which drove the British from 



Boston Harbor. General Lincoln served throughout the war, and was 
chosen by General Washington to receive the sword of Lord Cornwallis at 
the surrender of the British Army at Yorktown, October 19, 178L 

The date of organization was chosen with reference to the anniversary 
of the birth of President Abraham Lincoln and his descent from the Hing- 
ham Lincolns. The Charter of the Chapter was presented by Madam Von 

Rydingsvaard, State Regent, February, 
1897, in the presence of the members of 
the Chapter and their guests. The wood 
for the frame was presented by Mr. 
Samuel T. Crosby, from wood grown on 
the General Lincoln homestead, and bears 
a tablet made of wood from the Washing- 
ton Elm at Cambridge, the tablet being 
the gift of General William A. Bancroft 
of that city. 

The gavel presented the Chapter by 
Mrs. F. H. Barnes, the Regent, was made 
from wood from an apple tree planted in 
the garden of the John G. W'hittier home 
at Amesbury, by Mr. Whittier and his 
mother more than fifty years before. 

The Chapter organized with seven- 
teen charter members ; maximum mem- 
bership, seventy-six ; present membership, 
fifty ; honorary members, four, two of whom 
are missionaries in Japan and Korea ; 
" Real Daughters," two, one now living. 
Of the seventy-six, eight have died, two 
dropped, the remainder transferred to 
other chapters. 

The meetings of the Chapter have 
been held regularly each month, from 
September to June, at the homes of members. " For purely patriotic pur- 
poses," from February 12, 1S96, to February 12, 19U5, the Chapter has 
expended six hundred and twenty-seven dollars and fifty-eight cents. 

Our " Real Daughters " and honorary members have been remembered 
on birthdays and at Christmas-tide by appropriate gifts. A gold spoon 
( D. A. R. ) was presented to a member on her fiftieth marriage anniversary ; 
a tree was offered from the John G. Whittier home to be sent to California ; 
requested School Committee to place flag pole on Tappan School House, 
and to display flag on anniversary of General Washington's funeral services ; 




STATUE OF MINERVA PLACED IN EAST 
BOSTON HIGH SCHOOL 



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PAUL REVERE 
PLACED IN CHAPMAN CRAMMAR SCHOOL, EAST BOSTON 



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petitioned for statue of General Lincoln at State House ; looked up and 
placed on record burial places of revolutionary ancestors ; marked graves 
of John de Carteret, Colonel William Burbank, Captain Samuel Treat, and 
Edmund Hart ( builder of frigate " Constitution "), at Copp's Hill Cemetery ; 
furnished nurse for Spanish American War and assisted in fitting her out ; 

made seven dozen aprons for 
nurses, and other articles for 
use by soldiers in the Spanish- 
American War ; assisted Massa- 
chusetts Volunteer Aid Com- 
mission by gifts of money, 
articles of clothing, etc., and 
cut up and manufactured into 
pajamas, shirts, etc., one thou- 
sand yards of cloth ; contributed 
to statues of Generals Lafayette 
and Washington at Paris; con- 
tributed for flowers for Admiral 
Dewey and Miss Thayer, a 
" Real Daughter " ; twelve sta- 
tistics of the Civil War, framed 
and presented to East Boston, 
South Boston, and Boston Eng- 
lish High Schools ; contributed 
to Roger Wolcott Memorial ; 
Mr. Crosby contributed through 
the Chapter a " perpetual loan of Fireback " to Continental Hall ; paid 
expenses of delegate to Continental Congress (1901); made gift of statue 
of " Minerva " to East Boston High School, and portrait of Rev. Edward 
Everett Hale to South Boston High School ; signed petition to Legislature 
to publish Vital Statistics of Massachusetts ; placed a year's subscription 
to " American Monthly" in East Boston Public Library; contributed to 
reception at Washington (1903) by Massachusetts delegation; gift of 
money to Minute Men Chapter to assist in support of grand daughter of 
Revolutionary soldier ; gave contribution for Peak House, Attleboro ; peti- 
tioned Legislature to abolish dangerous fire crackers, etc., on July Fourth ; 
contributed to Paul Jones portrait; requested Mr. Wadlin, Librarian Boston 
Public Library to place copies of " Soldiers and Sailors " in East Boston 
Branch Library; made gift of statuette of Paul Revere, by Dallin, to Chap- 
man School, East Boston ; placed boulder with tablet, locating the spot on 
Camp Hill, Belmont Square, East Boston, where were erected a fort in 1776, 
and Fort Strong in 1814, and dedicated and presented it to the city 

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MRS. MARTHA ELIZABKTH (SUMNER) ANDERSdX 



October 29, 1904 ; furnished table and took part in Bazaar in aid of Con- 
tinental Hall Fund, and contributed to East Boston District Fund. A wreath 
is placed each year on Memorial Day, upon the grave of General Lincoln 
and flags are placed in the 
markers at Copps Hill C'eme- 
tery at the four graves men- 
tioned. Flowers are sent on 
the death of members of the 
Chapter or upon the death of 
near relatives. The By-Laws 
have been twice printed and 
the Lineage Books have been 
purchased nearly up to date. 
The " American Monthly " is 
subscribed for annually. 

The money contributed for 
patriotic and other purposes 
and for the current expenses of 
the Chapter has been raised 
wholly by sales, entertainments, 
etc., but one assessment having 
been made for any purpose 
whatever upon Chapter mem- 

bers. After the Chapter was ^'^'- '^^^^^^^^ ^^^ carteret) pratt 

organized it was decided to make "Surrender Day," October 19, the date 
for the annual meeting of the Chapter, and at the first annual meeting, the 
Regent, Mrs. Barnes, declined a re-election, and Mrs. Frank E. Sullivan 
was elected Regent, serving one year, and on October 19, 189S, Mrs. Barnes 
was again elected Regent, since which time she has annually been re-elected 
to that position. 

Mrs. Martha Elizabeth (Sumner) Anderson, a " Real Daughter" and 
honorary member of General Benjamin Lincoln Chapter, was born March 
21, 1808, in Roxbury, Mass., and died September 12, 1903, at Dover, Mass. 

Mrs. Rebecca (de Carteret) Pratt, a "Real Daughter" and honorary 
member of General Benjamin Lincoln Chapter, was born in 1818, on Salem 
Street, Boston, Mass., and died June 13, 1900, at Chelsea, Mass, 




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General Israel iputnam Cbapter, ot Banvers, 



was organized April 19, 1895, with Mrs. Evelyn F. Masury as Regent, and 
twenty charter members. It adopted for its motto the words of the Chapter 
hero: " He dared to lead where any dared to follow." The first formal 
meeting was held in the Col. Jeremiah Page house, beneath the roof on 
which tea was served in Revolutionary times. 

The work of the Chapter has been along patriotic and philanthropic 
lines, and it has accomplished much in a quiet but persevering manner. 

During the first year of its existence the 
graves of all the Revolutionary soldiers in 
town were located and marked. In the 
spring of 189S a committee was appointed 
to secure emergency funds for war pur- 
poses, and another to look after the fam- 
ilies of the soldiers who had gone from 
town to the Spanish war. In June of 
that year a mock town meeting was held 
'^' and a considerable sum netted, which was 
y sent to Company K of the 8th Regiment, 
Massachusetts Volunteers. 

December 17, 1897, there was put 
upon the birthplace of the Chapter here 
a tablet bearing the inscription : " Here 
was born (jcneral Israel Putnam, Jan- 
uary 7, 1718. Placed by the General Israel Putnam Chapter, D. A. R., 
1897." 

Another tablet was placed by the Chapter April 26, 1900, in the 
assembly room of the Holten High School, this to the memory of Judge 
Samuel Holten. It has upon it these words : 




GENERAL ISRAEL PUTNAM 



SAMUEL HOLTEN 
June 9, 1738 Jan. 2, 1816 

Physician, Patriot, Judge, Statesman 

"I can conceive of a man's having a liberal education without having the honors 
of a college, and America, in particular, may boast of such characters, witness a 
Franklin, a Washington." 

Placed by the General Israel Putnam Chapter, D. A. R , 1900 



Members of the Chapter have from time to time given papers upon 
the ancestors through whose war services they were entitled to member- 

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GENERAL IbKAEL I'U INA.M lluUSE, DANVERS 



ship in the organization. Nearly all have now written these sketches, 
many of which have been printed in pamphlet form. 

The philanthropic work has been under the especial direction of a 
committee appointed for that purpose. This has included the careful and 
systematic distribution of food and clothing, and the charge of series of 

mothers' meetings, which have been 
found very helpful. The work has 
been carried on for several years, 
and has become a feature of the 
Chapter. The success of the under- 
taking is mainly due to the efforts of 
the chairman, Mrs. Masury. 

Two very successful events in the 
history of the Chapter were a Quilt- 
ing Party, held in November, 189s, 
and a Needlework Exhibit in Octo- 
ber, 1899. The Quilting Party consisted of the exhibition of a large collec- 
tion of quilts, many of great historic value and interest, and an entertain- 
ment appropriate to the occasion. 
At the Needlework Exhibit tables 
were arranged about a hall, filled 
with rare needlework of every de- 
scription, embroidery, laces, drawn 
work, etc. 

Contributions have been made 
by the Chapter for Continental Hall 
and various other patriotic purposes. 
Since January, 1898, it has been cus- 
tomary to make a yearly appropriation for prizes to be awarded pupils of 
the High School for the best essays written on historical subjects. I'his 
has proved a very interesting as well as educational feature. 

The Chapter considers itself most fortunate in having had as its Regent 
Mrs. Evelyn E. Masury, except during the periods of her State Regency, and 
in having chosen as her most able successor Mrs. Lizzie E. Hood, the pres- 
ent Regent. 




ROOM IN GENEKAI. ISRAEL Pl'lNA.M HDISE 



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General 3oscpb 3Ba^tler Cbapter, 2). B. 1R., /IDarlboro, /IDass., 



was organized with thirty-one charter members January 27, 189S. The 
first preliminary meeting was held February 22, 1897, and several were 
held afterwards in that year. The presentation of the charter was made 
by Miss Sara Daggett, State Regent, June 14, 1899. Mrs. Hattie M. Man- 
ning was appointed first Regent, and served until the election in April, 
190:-), when Mrs. Sarah M. Jackmon was elected Regent, she having served 
in her office as Vice-Regent for some months before because of absence 

from city of the Regent. 

The Chapter took action in regard 
to the marking of the graves of Revolu- 
tionary soldiers in the year 1897, and 
on calling the attention of the city gov- 
ernment, -1200 was voted by them for 
placing bronze markers at the graves, 
which numbered seventy. Mr. William 
Barnes, a Civil War veteran, and mem- 
ber of the G. A. R., helped to furnish 
reliable information as to their location. 
These graves are decorated by the 
Chapter each year, on Memorial Day, 
with flags and wreaths of evergreen. 

The Chapter meets at the homes of 
different members, the first Friday of 
every month, excepting the months 
of July and August. A committee is 
chosen every year to prepare the work 
for the next season's meetings. Many 
papers of great historic interest have 
been given at the various meetings, 
some of which are to be sent, at the request of a member of the Reciprocity 
committee, to headquarters to be loaned to other Chapters. A question 
box is opened at every meeting, they having been given out at a previous 
meeting by some member of the Chapter. 

State conferences have been generally attended by delegates and 
others, and Continental Congress has been attended by one of our mem- 
bers as delegate one year. 

Patriotic publications have been donated the Marlboro I^ublic Library 
annually. Flowers are contributed to sick members. Contributions of 




MRS. HATTIE M. MAN.NKNG 
FOUNDER AND 1-TKST RECJENT 



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money have been made to the Continental Hall Fund ; Patience Caldwell 
Fund; Paul Jones Memorial; Continental Bazaar; Governor Wolcott Mem- 
orial ; D. A. R. fund for fiowers at time of Admiral Dewey's visit to Boston ; 
fund for Cuban teachers ; for Massachusetts Hospital Ship, "Bay State;" 
for Massachusetts Public Library ; for Sons of Veterans ; and for Marlboro 
Volunteer Benefit Association. 

A framed copy of fac-simile of the Declaration of Independence, pre- 
sented to us by the National Society, was given to the Marlboro High 
School. 

At the Peace Jubilee in Boston, October 1(1 to December :>, our Chap- 
ter provided for exhibition an oil portrait of John Phillips, an ancestor of 
Wendell Phillips, and the first mayor of Boston. 

On March 21, 1S9S, a gavel made of historic wood was presented to 
the Chapter by Reuben L. Reed, of Acton, Mass. 

Trips to different historic places have been taken every year for our 
Chapter field-day outing. 

We have two honorary members, one belonging to Cohasset Chapter 
and the other to the Society of Mayflower Descendants. 

Forty-eight have joined the Chapter since it started ; live have died, 
and six have withdrawn. Our present membership is thirty-seven, fifteen of 
whom live in other places, and do not attend the meetings regularly ; so 
the work of keeping the Chapter up to the place it ought to take depends 
upon the great efforts of a few earnest members. 

We have already added four new members the past year, who are 
working members, and more are expected to come in, so we feel we are 
progressing. 



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llDannab (3o^^arD Cbapter, ot Brookline, 

was organized on May 14, 1896. Miss Ellen Chase, of Brookline, was the 
Founder of the Chapter, and was appointed its first Regent. The name was 
chosen in honor of Hannah, wife of John Goddard, of Brookline, a Revolution- 
ary patriot. At the time of the Spanish War a great deal of work was done by the 

Chapter. Ten dollars were 
given from the Chapter 
Treasury, to which was 
added over six hundred dol- 
lars, subscribed by individual 
members, while a committee 
of six from the Chapter col- 
lected in Brookline more 
than one thousand dollars 
for the Volunteer Aid Asso- 
ciation. Brookline ranked 
next to Roxbury in the 
amount of work done, and a 
large part of the work in 
Brookline was done by mem- 
bers of the Chapter. About 
two hundred and fifty cano- 
pies, garments, and other 
articles were made and given 
to the Association for use 
among the soldiers and on 
the Hospital Ship. 

The first gift of the 
Chapter was a copy of the 
Coats-of-Arms of the Thir- 
MRs. SUSAN w. s. NASH, " REAL DAUGHTER " ^^^^^ Original Statcs, Suitably 

framed, to the Edward Devotion School in Brookline. Later, a pair of and- 
irons, which had originally belonged in the Clarke-Hancock house at Lex- 
ington, were bought and presented to the Lexington Chapter, to be used in 
their refurnishing of that historic house. A portrait of William Dawes, a 
fellow rider with Paul Revere on the night of the "Lexington Alarm," was 
presented to the Paul Revere School in Boston. While Revere rode from 
Charlestown, Dawes made a more perilous flight over Boston Neck, through 
Roxbury and Brookline, meeting Revere on the Lexington Green and help- 

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WILLIAM DAWES 



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ing him arouse the farmers. The portrait is an excellent copy of the origi- 
nal, which is in the possession of one of his descendants who is a member of the 
Chapter. The greatest work of the Chapter has been the gift to the Public 
Library of Brookline of a large brass tablet, on which appear the names of all 
the men of Brookline who served in the Revolution. The cost of the tablet 
was five hundred and thirty dollars, and the collection of names represents 
the work of some years of research on the part of the Chapter Historian, 
Miss Harriet Alma Cummings. 

The Chapter has been greatly interested in obtaining some recognition 
of the flag under which our ancestors fought the War of Independence. 
Finding that no copy of the flag was to be seen in any State building in 

Boston, they have this year, 1906, on 
March 9, formally presented to the 
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, a 
very beautiful copy of the flag 
adopted by the American Congress 
on June 14, 1777, and from that 
time carried through the War of the 
Revolution. It is a large flag, six 
by six and a half feet, of rich silk, 
trimmed with gold fringe, having of 
course, the thirteen stripes of red 
and white, and bearing on the blue 
field a circle of thirteen white stars. 
It is mounted on a heavy oaken pole, 
which is surmounted by a gilt eagle. 
It was pre.sentecl to the Governor, at 
the State House, and is now placed 
in the Senate Parlor, where it may be 
constantly seen by visitors and where 
it will serve to preserve the memory 
of the flag for which our forefathers 
fought and died. 

The Chapter has also given 
sixty-three dollars toward the saving 
of " Elm wood," and nearly one hun- 
dred for the preservation of the Royall House, the Quincy House, and the 
Pohick Church at Mt. Vernon, to the Wolcott Memorial, to Jacksonville, to 
the soldiers at Manila, and to the fund for the entertainment of the Cuban 
teachers, and one hundred and fifty dollars to Continental Hall. 

The Chapter has had two " Real Daughters," one of whom is now de- 
ceased. The other is still a member of the Chapter. 

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Ibannab Mintbrop Cbapter, of (Iambn&oc, 



was founded June 19, 1894, by Mrs. Margaret Jones Bradbury, with fifteen 
charter members from Cambridge and one from an adjacent town. It is 
the only Chapter in Cambridge, its membership is limited to one hundred 
active members, and for some years it has had a waiting list. During the 
twelve years of its existence, under the leadership of three Regents, Mrs. 
William F. Bradbury, founder, Mrs. William H. Wentworth, and Mrs. Sylvio 
M. Gozzaldi, it has always 
kept in view its aim and ob- 
ject, namely, to be a purely 
patriotic society. 

It was due to the persist- 
ent efforts of this society that 
the Park Commissioners finally 
restored Fort Washington (the 
last remaining redoubt erected 
by Washington during the Siege 
of Boston). This fort had 
fallen into sad disrepair, and 
our cut shows it as it is to- 
day, a credit to our city. The 
Chapter gave a beautiful flag 
to the city, that floats over the 
fort on Revolutionary anniver- 
saries, and invited the seven 
hundred scholars of the Morse 
Public School to compete for 
prizes offered for the best essay 
on the " Siege of Boston," and 
also gave a small flag to each pupil. Addresses on the respect to be shown 
the flag were made in every room in the school, and the flag raising was an 
event long to be remembered in that part of the city. 

On another occasion the Chapter gave prizes in the grammar schools, 
and has hung many Revolutionary pictures on their walls. Illustrated his- 
torical lectures have been given in the East End Mission and to the French 
population in the northern part of the city. 

At present the Chapter has a Good Government Class among busi- 
ness boys that meets every week in connection with the Boston Historical 
Club. 




MRS. MARCARET J. BRADBURY 
FOUNDER AND FlRiiT REGENT 



87 



At the breaking out of the Spanish War, it was this Chapter that called 
the meeting in Sanders Theatre that resulted in the formation of the Cam- 
bridge Branch of the Massachusetts Volunteer Aid Association. It is 
always ready to help any patriotic work, and has contributed toward pre- 
serving Revolutionary relics in many places. It has contributed generously 
to Continental Memorial Hall, and has had the pleasure of giving a number 
of valuable Revolutionary documents to the National Society to be placed 
in the museum in Washington. 

The work of the Pilgrimage Committee of the State was started by one 
of its members, and out of the work and research of this committee has 
grown "The Historic Guide to Cambridge," which is almost ready for the 
press. 




MRS. SYLVIO M. COZZALDI 
REGKNT 



Another absorbing work for which the future genealogist and historian 
will rise up and call the Chapter blessed is the Index to " Paige's History 
of Cambridge," now almost completed. 

The Chapter has one Real Daughter, Miss Hannah Lincoln Manson, 
whose father was one of Colonel Glover's famous regiment ; and one hon- 
orary member, Miss Alice M. Longfellow. 

Hannah Winthrop, from whom the Chapter is named, was the second 
wife of John Winthrop, Hollis professor of Harvard College, one of the 
most distinguished scientific men of his age. She and her husband were 
ardent patriots, and the name of Hannah Winthrop stands on the " Roll of 
Honor," as she helped the government in time of need. She died in 1790, 
and is buried in King's Chapel Burying Ground, Boston. 




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Jobannab Bspinwall Gbapter, ot BvooYAinc, 

In November, 1S9S, through the efforts of Mrs. (ieorge H. Francis, a 
second chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution was started in 
Brookline. Some of the younger members of Hannah Goddard Chapter 
resigned, and became charter members of the new one. After a discussion 
of the relative values of the names, Johannah Aspinwall, and Edward Devo- 
tion, it was finally decided in favor of the former, and Johannah Aspinwall 
became "Patron Saint," of the Chapter. It'has the distinction of being 
the first Chapter organized by the State Regent (189S) Mrs. George F. 
Fuller ; and had among its Charter Members, descendants of John Han- 
cock, Samuel Sprague, of "Tea Party " fame^, and Johannah Aspinwall. 
Mrs. George H. Francis was the first Regent. 

The Charter was formally presented to the Chapter, by the State Regent, 
Mrs. Fuller, at the regular March meeting. On the same day a gavel made 
from a beam of the old Aspinwall house, at which Washington was once a 
guest, was also presented to the Chapter by Mrs. Robinson, fiom Mr. C. W. 
Holtzer, of Brookline. The charter is framed in wood taken from a beam 
from Faneuil Hall, and is inlaid with stars and a shield, both of woods of 
historic value. 

In order to raise money to carry out their plans for patriotic work, they 
held a most interesting loan exhibition of articles in use during the Revolu- 
tionary period. With the proceeds thus gained, a steel engraving of George 
Washington was purchased, and hung in the kindergarten room of the 
Sewall School. 

In April, 1901, thirteen flags (twelve small flags for the school room, 
and one large flag for the outside of the school house) were given to the 
Pierce School. In the fall two more flags were presented to the Pierce 
School. The Chapter also provided copies of the " Patriotic Song Book," 
which were to be distributed at the discretion of the Superintendent of 
Schools. 

In 1902 the Chapter sent its first Regent as its first delegate to the 
Continental Congress at Washington. As a result of this trip came re- 
newed energy to the Chapter, and a contribution was sent to the Powhich 
Church at Mt. Vernon. 

In 19U3 our Vice Regent Miss Bowker was sent to Washington and again 
in 1905, she represented the Chapter. 

In 1905 five flags were presented to the Edward Devotion School, and 
three were given to the Heath School. 

The Chapter has been frequently entertained by well known men and 

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women, who have read papers on patriotic subjects. An especial effort is 
made on the anniversary of the incorporation of the town of Brookline to 
hold meetings to commemorate the day. Last fall being the two hundredth 
anniversary of the incorporation of the town of Brookline a meeting was 
held on the thirteenth of November, 1905. A short historical sketch of 
the town was given by the historian, and the Chapter was entertained by a 
very interesting paper compiled from the Diary of Mrs. Sarah Deming, 
describing her flight from Boston during the Revolution. 

In June, 1905, in response to an appeal, an American flag was given to 
Dr. Grenfell to use on his hospital ship off the Labrador Coast. 

Among other patriotic projects the Chapter has contributed to the Cape 
Cod Memorial fund, the Jefferson Memorial fund, the Paul Revere Memorial 
Association, and to the Spanish War Nurses Association. 

It has entertained yearly at headquarters since the establishment of the 
rooms. 

Each year it has held a field day, and has taken a journey to some 
point of historical interest. These trips have been a pleasure to remember, 
by all who participated in them. 




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Sobn B^am5 (Ibaptcr, oX ^Boston. 




Pursuant to a call, fourteen ladies met at the home of Miss Floretta 
Vining, Hull, Massachusetts, on June 10, 1S9G, to form a Chapter of the 
Daughters of the American Revolution, which has continued with the same 
Regent ever since and prospered. 

The Chapter bears the name of John Adams, who was a signer of the 
Declaration of Independence, Framer of the Constitution of Massachusetts, 
and the second President of the United States. 

The Chapter started immediately to raise money for patriotic purposes, 
and has contributed twenty-five dollars to the George Washington Memorial 
Association, hfteen dollars to the Paul Revere School, 
twenty-live dollars to the Continental Hall fund, 
twenty-five dollars to the Volunteer Aid Association 
for Spanish War, twenty five dollars to the National 
Daughters of the American Revolution Hospital Corps, 
twenty-five dollars to the Old North Church, twenty- 
five dollars for reception on May 1, to commemorate 
Dewey Day, fifteen dollars for a Christmas gift to Col. 
H. A. Thomas, twenty dollars towards the instruction 
and maintenance of the summer school for Cuban 
Teachers during the season of 1900, forty dollars for J°hn adams 

a marble tablet for the tomb of John Adams, ten dolhirs towards the sup- 
port of a Real Daughter, five dollars for the tablet on Paul Jones School 
House, ten dollars towards Dorothy Quincy House, five dollars for Memorial 
Arch in Cambridge, ten dollars for the Gov. Bradford House, and one share 
in the Woman's Club House from which interest is received semi-annually ; 
and also three hundred and sixty-four dollars and forty-two cents for the 
State Continental Bazaar held in December 1904, for Continental Hall fund. 

The Chapter has this winter held a rummage sale and two large whist 
parties, one an afternoon, and one an evening affair, and a large reception 
February nineteenth, the proceeds of which will be added to the fund for a 
Memorial Window in Continental Hall, Washington, D. C., for which we 
have already a large amount. 

Our meetings are somewhat different from others, as we have always 
met at a first class hotel and the business conducted from eleven to one, fol- 
lowed by lunch, and in the afternoon we have always been well entertained. 

We have had as guests many noble and well known men and women. 

It has been customary to remember our members during their illness or 
sorrow by sending flowers or plants to brighten their dark and lonely hours, 

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MJbS ILUKEllA VINING 

FOUNDER AND REGENT OF JOHN ADAMS CHAPTER 

PAST STATE TREASURER 



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and these tokens of love and sympathy have drawn us together in bonds fo 
affection. We have been rather extravagant than otherwise sometimes 
spending twenty dollars at a time. The Chapter gave a dinner at the Ven- 
dome to the President General, Mrs. Charles Fairbanks, and a large recep- 
tion to the Grand Army of the Republic during its convention in Boston, 
August 19U4. 

We have tried to emulate the Sorosis Club of New York as much as we 
can and quote their pledge. 

" 1 give my name to the Daughters of the American Revolution to keep 
sacredly. 

I give my interest to the Daughters of the American Revolution to 
make it worthy of support. 

We pledge ourselves to sustain the members of the Daughters of the 
American Revolution in all worthy efforts and defend them against calumny. 

I will avoid doing anything that can injure the reputation of the 
Daughters of the American Revolution. 

I will be a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution as 
long as I can be useful to and receive benefit from the Association." 

We have a good corps of officers, some of them having served since the 
Chapter was formed, and in the Chapter unity and peace abound. We have 
had one Real Daughter, Mrs. Lozina Goldsmith Waldo, who was born in 
Andover, January 27, IS 1.3, and died in January, 1901. 

The Regent is ever willing to respond to calls from all societies, and the 
officers and members are always ready to stand by her, which is largely due 
to her untiring activity and efforts for the best good of the Chapter. 



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TLbc 3obn MancocI? Gbaptcr, ot Boston, 



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was organized on Friday, February 15, 1901. The meeting was held at the 
residence of Miss Rebecca R. Joslin, 71 Charles St., Boston. Mrs. Wash- 
ington G. Benedict was elected Regent, and Miss R. R. Joslin, Vice-Regent. 
Although it is one of the youngest chapters in the city, and its membership 
numbers but twenty-seven, there is a great deal of enthusiasm manifested by 

that patriotic little band, and its work 
has been most successful. They have 
held thirty-five regular meetings as well 
as some few special business meetings. 
Several successful whist parties 
have added to the Treasurer's finances. 
Their regular meetings are noted for the 
interest shown in all patriotic affairs, 
and for the pleasant social hour which 
follows. Music and instructive papers 
are furnished by each hostess, many of 
the speakers being well-known in public 
life, among whom was General Edwin 
Wartield of Baltimore, now Governor of 
Maryland, who gave an historical out- 
line of Maryland's record in the Revo- 
lution, and an account of the burning 
of the " Peggy Stewart," by the Annapo- 
lis Tea Party of Maryland. 

The Chapter has been presented 
with many relics of the Hancock Man- 
sion, which was formerly on Peacon Street. One of these was a very 
handsome gavel, made of wood from the Hancock House. It was beauti- 
fully mounted in silver, bearing this inscription : " Wood from Old Hancock 
House, 1737-1904. Presented by Mrs. C. W. Parker." Dr. E. B. Kellogg 
also presented the Chapter with a complete set of the John Hancock Insur- 
ance Company calendars, from 1887 to the present year, representing scenes 
in the life of John Hancock, with full historical notes. 

Miss Joslin, Vice-Regent, has taken an active part in behalf of the 
Chapter, by appearing at the State House and urging an appropriation for 
a statue of our first governor of Massachusetts, John Hancock. Abram 
English Brown, of Bedford, a member of the Sons of the American Revolu- 
tion, also spoke in favor of an appropriation for the same object. A com- 

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mittee from the C"hapter, assisted by a committee from the Paul Revere 
Chapter, entertained the members of the visiting G. A. R. Encampment, 
part of the time during their stay in Boston, August, 1904. Tuesday, Octo- 
ber 25, the Chapter observed the anniversary of the inauguration of John 
Hancock as first governor of Massachusetts, by a visit to the Hancock 
School on Parmenter Street. The Regent, Mrs. Washington G. Benedict, 




MRS. WASHINGTON G. BENEDICT, FOUNDER AND REGENT 

presented the school, in behalf of the members, a fac-simile of the Declaration 
of Independence, handsomely framed. Mrs. Benedict spoke briefly of the 
causes that led the colonies to declare themselves independent, and told 
what John Hancock Chapter is and its aims. She spoke of the change from 
Colony to State, and of the inauguration of John Hancock as the first gover- 
nor of this State one hundred and twenty-four years ago. After the singing 
of " .America," several of the young girls served cakes and cocoa prepared 
by themselves in the cooking department of the school. Later the Chapter 

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members took breakfast in the State House caf6, and called upon Governor 
Bates, who received them most cordially in his room, which has served as the 
governor's private room since 1797, four years after the death of Governor 
Hancock, whose portrait hangs upon the wall. 

When the several Chapters were contributing funds for Continental 
Hall, the John Hancock Chapter, whose membership at that time numbered 
only twenty, gave twenty dollars, one dollar from each member. When this 
was announced at the Convention at Washington, the statement was received 
with applause. 

At the Bazaar held December 13-15, 1904, the Chapter was assisted at 
its table by the Abiah Folger Franklin Chapter and Martha's Vineyard 
Chapter, and contributed one hundred and fifteen dollars and fifty-three 
cents towards the fund for Continental Hall. To the John Hancock Table, 
President Roosevelt sent his photograph with his autograph ; Mrs. Roose- 
velt sent an etching of the White 
House, with her autograph. 

The members have enjoyed some 
pleasant summer outings, visiting on 
June S, 1904, the historical places in 
Concord and Lexington. On May 23, 
1905, they were entertained at "Daisy 
Farm," Dedham, by Mrs. Laura Went- 
worth Fowler. Luncheon was served 
in her quaint old home, after which she 
escorted her guests to the old Fairbanks 
House, the old Avery oak tree, and 
other places of historical interest. The 
members of the Chapter have also en- 
joyed the cordial hospitality of Mrs. 
F. B. Evans, in her attractive cottage 
in Nahant. 

At the Continental Congress of the 
National Society of the Daughters of 
the American Revokition, held in Wash- 
ington, April, 1905, the Regent, Mrs. Washington G. Benedict, presented 
to Memorial Continental Hall, in behalf of the John Hancock Chapter, a 
picture with a Revolutionary history. Mrs. Hedle, President of the Relic 
Committee, gracefully accepted the gift in behalf of the Committee. 

Wednesday, October 25, 1905, the Chapter celebrated the one hundred 
and twenty-fifth anniversary of the inauguration of John Hancock as 
Governor of Massachusetts by a luncheon at the Boston Club, following 
which a social hour was enjoyed. In the afternoon the members were 

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MRS. CORNELIA S. SOFKR 
" REAL daughter" 



guests of the C'astilian Club, in the New Century Building, where they were 
entertained with vocal and instrumental music, and an interesting account, 
by Miss Sullivan, of her trip to Costa Rica. 

The Chapter has one " Real Daughter," Mrs. Cornelia Sale Soper, who 
was born March 30, 1819, in what is now known as Beachmont. Her 
great grandmother was the youngest daughter of Isaac and Anne Leverett 
Addington, and grand daughter of Elder Thomas Leverett, one of the Pil- 
grim Fathers^whose son John was afterward Governor of the Colony. 




SEAL OF JOHN HANCOCK 



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Xeiinoton Cbapter. 

The State Regent, Mrs. Charles M. Green, in the autumn of 1895, ap- 
pointed Sarah Bowman Van Ness (Mrs. Joseph) Regent of the Lexington 
Chapter, and the first meeting was called in the Unitarian Church vestry in 
November of that year when otificers were elected. 




MRS. SARAH BOWMAN VAN NESS 
FOUNDER AND F^IRST RECJENT 



On September 19, 1S96, the Chapter entertained the National Historian, 
D. A. R., the National Secretary, D. A. R., and the Regent of the New York 
City Chapter, Mrs. Donald McLean. A drive to the historical points of in- 
terest was followed by a luncheon ard reception in the First Parish Church. 

Through the personal efforts of ihe Regent, Mrs. Van Ness, about one 
thousand dollars was raised to assist in preserving the old Hancock-Clarke 

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MKS. EDWARD HAKULD CKUbKY 
REGENT 



House, and on October 19, 1897, a reception was given by the Chapter, in 
the old house, to the friends who contributed to the fund, at which as guests 
of honor were Mrs. Roger Wolcott, wife of the Governor, and Mrs. Samuel 
Eliot, Regent of the Warren and Prescott Chapter. 

Another notable occasion was a reception held in the First Parish 
Church, when a life sized portrait of Major William Dawes was presented 
by his grand-daughter, Miss Julia Goddard of Brookline, to the town of Lex- 
ington, through the Lexington Chapter. Many prominent speakers were 
present, an original poem by Miss Goddard was read by Miss Watson, a 
great grand-daughter, and remarks were made by Rev. Carleton A. Staples, 
President of the Society, and Historian of Lexington ; Rev. Edward G. 
Porter, President Boston Historical Society; Rev. Christopher EUiott.and 
others; and an original hymn, written by Mrs. John Bell Bonton of Cam- 
bridge, was sung. The gathering was notable for the presence of officers of 
Colonial Wars, Colonial Dames, and persons prominent in patriotic work. 

On November 15, 1898, an interesting occasion was the paper read by 
Miss Alice Longfellow, Vice-Regent of Mt. Vernon Association, and a 
daughter of the American poet, in which she gave a history of the preser- 
vation of the home of Washington. 

Lexington Chapter has encouraged the spirit of patriotism by giving 
prizes for essays on historical subjects to pupils of the Lexington Schools, 
with Coats of Arms of the thirteen Colonies. 

On October 19, 1901, on the occasion of the Annual Pilgrimage of the 
Sons of the American Revolution, to Lexington, they were welcomed by the 
Chapter and presented with roses by the Regent, Mrs. Van Ness. 

On April 19, 1904, Mrs. Sarah Bowman Van Ness planted a Lexington 
Elm at the Tomb of Washington, and placed a wreath of roses and lilies on 
the marble Sarcophagus. 

In March 1903, Mrs. Medora Robbins Crosby, Charter registrar of the 
Paul Revere Chapter, resigned from that Chapter to succeed Mrs. Van Ness, 
as Regent of the Lexington Chapter. Mrs. Crosby had fifty blood relations 
in the famous battle of Lexington, and five great-grand-fathers, one, Joshua 
Simonds, having captured the first British prisoner, the gun being preserved 
in the State House, Boston. The Chapter has had some noteworthy meet- 
ings and many prominent speakers, among them, Rev. Carleton A. Staples, 
Rev. Edward A. Horton, David Saville Muzzey, Ph.D., Mrs. Micah Dyer, 
Dr. Frederick S. Piper, Gen. Thomas R. Mathews, Capt. Walter M. Lindsay, 
and many others. 

On Monday afternoon, Dec. 4, the Lexington Chapter, D. A. R., gave a 
brilliant reception to Mrs. Curtis Guild, Jr., wife of the Governor-elect of 
Massachusetts, at " Edgewood," the beautiful residence of Mrs. Benjamin 
F. Brown, on Hancock Street, Lexington, which was attended by many 



prominent guests and regents of chapters in and around Boston. An official 
letter of regret was also received by the Regent from President Roosevelt 
and Mrs. Roosevelt at their inability to be present. The Chapter has 




STUNE MAKK.IN(. THE LINE Vl HIE .MKNUIE MEN 
ON LEXINGTON COMMON, APRIL I9, 1 775 

donated to various patriotic orders, including the i\It. Vernon Memorial As- 
sociation, the Wolcott Memorial, Cape Cod Pilgrim Memorial, Paul Revere 
House Fund, and Continental Hall Fund. 

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The Lexington Chapter holds nine meetings during the year and has a 
membership of twenty-three. 

The Charter of the Chapter is framed in original timber taken from the 
" Old Belfry " from which the alarm was rung April 19, 1775, and Selectman 
George Muzzey accepted it to place in the Cary Library, but it has since 
been removed to the Hancock-Clarke House. 

The Chapter has several Honorary Members, among them The Misses 
Parker, descendants of Capt. John Parker, Mrs. Donald McLean, Miss Julia 
Goddard, and Mrs. Van Ness, Honorary- Regent. 




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Kitchen Hancock-Clarke He 



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Xuc^ Jackson Cbapter, IRcwton. 

The Newton Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revokition, to 
which, after much consideration and thought, the name of Lucy Jackson 
was given, was formed in the autumn of 1896, with twelve charter members. 

A Committee was chosen to draw up a Constitution and By-Laws, and 
the State Regent, at this meeting, made a clear statement of the aims and 




THE JACKS(JN HOMESTEAD 



purposes of the organization. Miss Mary A. Green, who was at that time 
the State Regent of Rhode Island, and claims to be a sort of godmother to 
the Chapter, having suggested its formation, gave valuable hints for work. 
She said that the writing of ancestral papers often brought valuable informa- 
tion to light. Thus the Lucy Jackson Chapter had its birth, and has striven 
to inculcate, foster and increase a spirit of true patriotism, by coming into 
close touch with those who could best guide its thoughts and enthusiasm 
into the highest channels for its own growth and widest influence. 

The regular meetings are held monthly, eight during the year, usually 
at the home of one of the members, occasionally at the Newton Club House, 
the average attendance being between fifty and sixty. 

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The entertainment for the afternoon is usually in the form of a paper 
given by a member of the Chapter relating to the life of one of her ancestors 
who figured more or less conspicuously in public affairs in the early history 
of our nation, or an address is made by some one of recognized ability and 
attainments on a historical subject. Vocal or instrumental music is inter^ 
spersed and the custom is to close the literary program by singing 
"America," after which follows a social time with light refreshments. 

The names of such men as William Hammond, born in Newton in 1740, 
who fought in the Battle of Lexington, Colonel Jonathan Holman, of Sutton, 
to whom was given the command of a band of Minute Men , Colonel 
Artemas Ward, who was second in command to Washington, afterward a 





LYDIA ADAMS ROWE 
" REAL daughter" 



MARTHA GUILD KIMBALL 
" REAL DAUGHIER" 



member of the Continental Congress, and Benjamin Hinman, figure as an- 
cestors of the members and their history has been most interestingly given. 
There has also been the opportunity of listening to some of the citizens of 
Newton and its neighboring towns. Members of Chapters from adjoining 
cities and states, also State Regents and others whose time and thoughts 
are largely given to the great question of strengthening our beloved country 
in its grand work of patriotism, have addressed the club, bringing with their 
words of serious and impressive import, the greetings of sister chapters, thus 
binding closer together the hearts of that vast number of women who are 
working for the same noble purpose. The men and women of world-wide 
fame that it has been the unspeakable privilege of the club to hear, com- 

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prise a matchless company of brilliant and gifted minds. Miss Alice Long- 
fellow , the dearly beloved and greatly lamented Mrs. George Freeman 
Palmer , Mrs. Julia Ward Howe, Mrs. Mary A. Livermore,and Dr. Edward 
Everett Hale, have left ineffaceable memories in the minds of their hearers. 

Courses of lectures under the auspices of the Chapter have been given 
which include the names of Thomas \^'. Higginson, John Fiske, Edwin D. 
Mead, Louis C. Elson, Henry Clapp, and Professor Griggs. Rev. C. A. 
Staples, Colonel Homer B. Sprague, Rev. Henry Spaulding, Miss Anna B. 
Scoville,ancl Mrs. Edwin D. Mead, have spoken on appropriate themes. 

The first large social affair of the Chapter took place in October, 1899, 
in the form of a reception to the State Regent, Miss Sara W. Daggett, and 
Mrs. Roger Wolcott, the guests of honor. Many of the Chapters of Massa- 
chusetts were represented by their Regents or officers, nearly two hundred 
being present. Two years ago a Colonial Tea and Loan Exhibition was 
held on Washington's Birthday and was a very delightful feature in the 
history of the Chapter. Sixty or more of the ladies wore colonial costumes, 
many colonial articles of rare and beautiful workmanship were exhibited, 
including rare old china and silver, time worn books, lace, jewels, em- 
broidered dresses, and line old portraits. The " minuet " was charmingly 
danced by daughters of the Chapter dressed in dainty costumes. 

Last winter the Music Committee provided a delightful evening enter- 
tainment, to which the gentlemen were invited. It consisted of a paper 
entitled " The Early Music of Our Country," which was illustrated by 
quaint "catches" and "rounds," sung very charmingly by several of the 
members assisted by their friends. 

In June, outings are taken to historical places of interest not far dis- 
tant. The battlegrounds of Lexington and Concord ; Dedham where is the 
old Fairbanks House ; Medfield ancestral home in which nine generations of 
Aliens have lived ; Wayside Inn at Sudbury;and Royall House at Medford 
have been visited. 

Demands are constantly made upon the treasury and the Chapter has 
consciously sought to share its contents, giving according to its ability to 
objects that seek to perpetuate the memory of those who strove to gain and 
preserve the freedom of the country — to alleviate the sufferings entailed by 
war — to mark historic spots by suitable tablets or assist in any cause worthy 
of its organization. Newton does not furnish a field for much Revolution- 
ary work, as the Sons of the American Revolution have marked the graves 
of the soldiers and there are no special spots of Revolutionary note. The 
John Eliot monument on Monument Street had been sadly neglected ; this 
fact was brought to the notice of the city and something in the way of 
improvement was done, but much more is desirable, before this place of 
wide historic interest is appropriately cared for. 

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The sufferings of the soldiers during the Cuban War called forth its 
sympathies and opened its purse. The ladies worked faithfully in making 
garments and providing necessary comforts for them. The sum of five 
hundred dollars was given towards the Hospital Ship for the use of the 
United States Government. Contributions have also been made to the 
Continental Hall ; to the Jefferson Memorial Road Association ; to aid in 
restoring the Pohunk Church, the parish church of Mt. Vernon of which 
George Washington was vestryman ; to the Hancock-Clarke House at Lex- 
ington ; to the Lowell and the Wolcott Memorials; and to other objects of 
equal importance. 

The Chapter had two " Real Daughters " among its members, Mrs. 
Lydia Adams (Hamant) Rowe, who was born June, 1817, at Medfield, 
where she has spent the greater part of her life and where she still resides ; 
and Mrs. Martha Guild Kimball, born in Norwood, September 10, 1808, and 
died at Medway, December 10, 1898, aged ninety-five years, three months. 
She was a cousin of Governor Guild's father. 

Until May, 1905, when Mrs. A. P. Friend was appointed Regent, the 
Chapter had but one Regent, Miss Fanny B. Allen, and to her untiring 
efforts and efficient service is largely due whatever of success the Chapter 
has attained. The membership is limited to one hundred and five and is 
now complete. 




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Xucv? Iknoi (Ibapter, Gloucester, 

was organized in Gloucester, Mass., in October, 1895, with twenty-two 
members. The first Regent was Mrs. Allan Rogers. 

The first general meeting was held at the home of the Regent on May 
13, 1896. Quite an interesting program was carried out, consisting of the 
reading of congratulatory letters from the State Regent, Mme. Anna Von 
Rydingsvaard, and others; and historical reminiscences by Mrs. Judith Lane, 
of Annisquam. Mrs. Lane is our " Real Daughter," the child of a Revolu- 
tionary Soldier; she is now (1905), ninety-three years old. This was the 




MRS. JUDITH LANE, "REAL DAUGHTER" 



first of many pleasant gatherings, and though we can boast of little work 
done that shows, we feel that we have done a few things to help the cultiva- 
tion of a patriotic spirit. We are not a rich Chapter but we have con. 
tributed as occasion required small sums to aid in work elsewhere. A com- 
mittee waited upon the Mayor of Gloucester to ask an appropriation from 
the City Council, to erect markers at the graves of Revolutionary Soldiers 
otherwise unmarked ; and with a grant of one hundred dollars and the 
services of the ladies in looking up the graves, twenty or more graves were 
thus marked. At the time the difficulty of finding some of the graves was 
not fully appreciated. 



During the Spanish War. this Chapter made, like many others, a tender 
of its services to Governor Wolcott, and received a grateful letter from his 
Excellency. A society was organized under the leadership of our officers, 
and a large amount of sewing done for the Commissary Department. A 
society of the Children of the American Revolution was organized under 
the fostering wing of Lucy Knox Chapter and is flourishing still. At 
present there are fifty-three members of our Chapter ; several have been 
transferred, and a number have died; still there has been a steady growth 
during the nine and a half years of our life. 

We cannot boast of many relics in our possession either ; a gavel, made 
of elm wood from a tree grown on the Gen. Knox Estate at Thomaston, 
Me., was presented to our Chapter by Mrs. Rivers, of Boston. 

Our meetings are held from house to house, but some day we hope to 
own a house or hire a room where we can hang our pictures and store our 
few relics. At our earlier meetings, several members prepared papers on 
subjects assigned by the board of management, and we found them very in- 
teresting and instructive. Occasionally papers are read now, but we also 
depend for entertainment on hired speakers as we can obtain them or on 
musical evenings. Several whist parties have helped fill our treasury, and a 
loan exhibit once raised quite a sum of money. Our membership should be 
larger to make our share of annual dues sufficient to answer the numerous 
demands on us for contributions. 

Our Regents have been Mrs. Allan Rogers, Mrs. George H. Newell, 
Miss Marietta Wonson, and at present Mrs. Simpson Lyle holds that office. 

It is with deep regret that we record the death of the founder and first 
Regent of our Chapter, Mrs. Rogers, in December 1905, and also the death 
of our " Real Daughter," Mrs. Judith Lane, who died March 25, 1906. 



Xp^ia Cobb Cbapter, W. a. 1R., XIaunton, 



was organized in 1S97, with a charter membership of forty-two. Mrs. 
S. Jessie Gibbs was the founder of the Chapter and its Regent for three 
vears. Our name was taken from the mother of General David Cobb, who 

rendered much valuable service to our 
town and state during the Revolu- 
tionary period. She was the great- 
great-grandmother of Governor Curtis 
Guild, Jr. 

We have placed no memorials or 
tablets, as that had been previously 
done by the Old Colony Historical 
Society. 

Our first work was to take from the 
poor-house a daughter of a Revolution- 
ary soldier and place her in the Old 
Ladies Home in this city, where she 
lived for three years, and finally died 
there. 

We sent aid to the soldiers of the 
Spanish War. 

We have contributed ^125 to Con- 
tinental Hall, and every year we con- 
tribute $10 to the G. A. R. for Memorial Day. Other contributions have 
been sent from time to time to worthy objects. 
We number nearly a hundred members. 

We had four " Real Daughters " at one time, but all have passed away. 
They were : Miss Damaris Raymond, Mrs. Hannah Danforth Carpenter, 
Mrs. Elizabeth Nichols Munroe, and Mrs. Eliza K. Bean. 
The present Regent is Mrs. Mary L. Paige. 




MKS F. E. CIBBS 
FOUNDER AND FIRST REGENT 




HCME OF LYDIA COBB 





mrs. elizabeth nicht)ls munroe 
"real daughter" 



MRS. HANNAH DANKORTH CARPENTER 
'•REAL daughter" 




miss uamaris raymond 
"real daughter" 



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Xi^Ma IDarrab Cbapter, Xowell, 

now composed of thirty-five members, was organized June 29, 1901. Its 
name is that of the noted heroine, Lydia Darrah, who, on December 2, 1777, 
was the instrument by which General Washington's Army, then stationed 
outside of Philadelphia, was saved from a secret attack by the English. 
Her house was chosen for private conferences by the superior officers of the 
British Army commanded by General Howe, probably from the fact that 




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HOME OF LYDIA DARRAH 

both she and her husband were Quakers. This house was situated at the 
corner of Second and Little Dock Streets, Philadelphia. 

The regular meetings of the Chapter are held the third Saturday of 
each month at the homes of the members. Mrs. E. J. Neale has been the 
Regent from the beginning. 

A fac-simile of the Declaration of Independence has been presented to 
the High School and to the grammar schools of our city, and to the child- 
ren's department of the Gity Library. A fac-simile of Magna Gharta has 
also been given to the High School. At the Goniinental Bazaar held 
December, 19U-4, in Boston, our " handkerchief table " netted tifty dollars. 



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We contributed five dollars to a Chapter in Memphis, Tennessee, to aid in 
their work. This year we have voted twenty dollars to Continental Hall, 
and we have pledged twenty-five dollars toward procuring the picture by 
Darius Cobb, of "Washington on Dorchester Heights," which Massachu- 
setts is to present to Continental Hall. The Chapter has also contributed 
articles to the New England Industrial School for Deaf Mutes. 

By vote of the Chapter a silver spoon is given to each member who may 
enter into the matrimonial state, and two members have been the recipients 
of these beautiful spoons. 




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/iDarciaret Corbiu Cbapter, Cbelsea, 

was formed in July, 1899, it being the iirst one founded by Miss Sara 
Daggett, State Regent. It had twelve charter members, and now numbers 
thirty-two, with Mrs. Lucv A. Fay as Regent. 

Margaret Corbin Chapter does not show a large work in the held of 
tablets, memorials, etc. We acquired Chelsea's oldest schoolhouse as a gift, 
and this gift cost us seven hundred dollars to put in proper condition for 




MRS. LUCY A. FAY, FOUNDER AND REGENT 



head quarters. We have paid off five hundred dollars of the debt. We have 
given eleven framed copies of the Declaration of Independence to the 
Chelsea Public Schools. We have at various times entertained several 
hundred of the public school children at loan exhibits of Revolutionary 
articles, and by addresses at the Chapter headquarters. We have given 
thirty dollars to Continental Hall. Beside this we have not done a great 
deal in a strictly patriotic way, but we have tried to stand for our country 

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and its principles as a body and as individuals. So many Chelsea women 
already belong to Boston Chapters, that we find our number does not 
rapidly increase, but we hope to enlarge as time goes on. We have no 
picture of Margaret Corbin, and there is none such in existence as far as 
known. 

We are still working to relieve the schoolhouse of its burden of debt, 
and when we are free, we hope to be of more account as one spoke in the 
ofreat wheel. 




-CHELSEA'S FIRST SCHOOLHOUSE, BOUCHT BY MR. FAY IN l5 
TO THE CHAPTER IN I9OI 



AM) PRESENTED 



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/lDartba'5 Dinc\?ar& Cbapter, of }E&Qartown, 



was organized in August, 1896, with thirty-two charter members. In all 
there have been ninety members. We have lost fourteen by death, three by 
transfer, and nine have dropped out. Present membership is sixty-four. 
We have had one "Real Daughter," Mrs. Lucy Ann (Fisher) Hall, who 
died in Edgartown, February 18, 1906, aged ninety-eight years two months. 
We regret that we have no picture of her. In 1897 we lost three members 

by death, one in 1901, six in 
1903, one in 1904, and three in 
1905. 

Mrs. Caroline F. Warren 
of Boston was the founder and 
has always been the Regent of 
the Chapter. 

We have placed twenty- 
seven S. A. R. bronze markers 
on graves of Revolutionary sol- 
diers. Two of these marlAirs 
have small bronze tablets at- 
tached with names and dates 
thereon as no stone marked the 
grave. The greatest work un- 
dertaken was the marking of 
" The Place on the Wayside " 
with a granite boulder on which 
was placed a bronze tablet 
showing that it was the " part- 
ing place " between the Rev. 
Thomas Mayhew, Jr. and his Indian followers as he was about leaving this 
island for a voyage to England, from which he never returned. The outlay 
in money from the beginning to its completion with all the attending ex- 
penses of dedication was upwards of two hundred and seventeen dollars. 
The granite boulder was given by the now resident Indians of Gay Head 
in memory of their ancestors, who placed on this spot the heap of small 
stones to mark the place where they parted from their loved leader in 1657. 
This historic site, a piece of land one hundred feet in length by eighty or 
more in width, was a gift to the Chapter from Captain Benjamin C. Crom- 
well The stone posts that bound it, the iron fence that surrounds the 
boulder, and the heap of stones, the box for the corner stone, the survey of 

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MRS. CAROLINE F. WARREN, FOUNDER AND RECENT 




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ERECTED BY MARTHA'S VINEYARD CHAPTER D A. R. IN I903 IN CEMETERY AT EDGARTOWN, MASS. 
In memory of Edgartown men who served in the War of the Revolution in Capt. Benj. Smith's Company 

and who died away from home 



the land, and the writing of the deeds, etc., were also gifts. The work was 
begun in 1900, and finished in 1901. 

The next work in importance was the erection of a monument in 
memory of those Edgartown men who served in the war of the Revolution, 
but were lost at sea, or died on prison ships, and in foreign lands. It con- 
sists of a granite base, surmounted by a block of pure white marble, with a 
slanting top. On the four sides are cut the names of seventeen soldiers 
with dates and manner of death. On the top is inscribed : 

"Soldiers in the War of the Revolution in 
Capt. Henjamin Smith's Co. 



Erected by 
Martha's Vineyard Chapter, D. A. R. 
May, 1903." 

The cost of this monument was one hundred dollars. 

We have given framed engravings of Washington to each of the four 
public schools ; cost twenty-one dollars. The Chapter has contributed to 
the Memorial Continental Hall fund the sum of forty dollars. It sent con- 
tributions to the Massachusetts D. A. R. Bazaar. We have established a 
flower fund for deceased members. 

The Chapter has eleven regular meetings during the year. The meet- 
ings occur the first Saturday evening in every month except June. The 
interest in these is well kept up. In the summer time we have receptions. 
In May of last year the Chapter held a reception in Pierce Building, Boston. 
Last summer and the summer before we had a visit from our State-Regent, 
Mrs. Masury. We also had a visit from Miss Sara Daggett when she held 
that office. The Chapter has been the recipient of many gifts, books, pic- 
tures, gavels, a handsome silk flag, etc. 

Martha's Vineyard Chapter joined with Sea Coast Defence Chapter in 
placing S. A. R. markers at the graves of twenty-two soldiers of the Revolu- 
tion, seven of them buried at the cemetery at West Tisbury, and fifteen in 
the Cemetery at Chilmark. 

On the thirtieth of September, 1905, a delegation from each Chapter 
met at West Tisbury, and visited both these cemeteries, and held appro- 
priate exercises. 

Martha's Vineyard Chapter shared one half the expense which was 
upwards of thirty dollars. 



/IDarv} Bvapev Cbapter, IRoiburv), 

was organized February 29, 1896, and received its Charter June 17, 1896, 
Its highest number of members has been sixty-three, but recent losses from 
death and transference reduces the number to rifty-seven. Our meetings are 
held on the second Saturday of each month from October to May inclusive, 
with our outing generally on Flag Day, the fourteenth of June. 

During the nine years of our existence we have responded with propor- 
tionate liberality to every call of a patriotic nature that has been made on 
us. The money for this purpose, outside the regular dues, has been raised 
by various entertainments. We have had two lectures, a Musical Recital, 
an Authors' Reading, two Rummage Sales, whist parties, fairs, cake and 
candy sales, and sales of handkerchiefs and neckties. We took part in the 
Historical Pageant given by the school teachers of Boston some years ago, 
and in the Continental Bazaar held in Boston, December, 1904. 

Out of the money earned in these ways, we contributed fifteen dollars 
to Governor W^olcott Memorial, fifteen dollars to Lafayette Fund for the erec- 
tion of a statue in Paris, and fifteen dollars to aid in the education of Cuban 
teachers at Harvard University. The Chapter had charge of the coat room 
at the Continental Bazaar, making nearly seventy-five dollars. A pledge of 
fifty dollars was given at the Continental Congress of last April, which 
is to be redeemed this April, the money now in hand. Twice previously 
we have given ten dollars for the same cause. 

A sum of twenty-five dollars was sent to Williamsburg Academy, Ken- 
tucky, for the Mountain Whites, giving a Mary Draper Room in a new 
dormitory. With this gift, to enforce the lesson in patriotism, were sent two 
American flags and a Massachusetts State flag, to be perpetually displayed, 
and also an accovmt of our heroine. 

All State Conferences have been faithfully attended by the Regent and 
delegates, with often a large number of members. We have entertained 
twice at headquarters in Pierce Building, and some years ago we gave a 
large reception at "Parkers," inviting all the Chapters in the State. 

Our personal chapter work, since the first year of our formation, has 
been the erection of a Memorial Fountain to Mary Draper, which was dedi- 
cated Friday, October 27, 1905, with imposing ceremonies. The total cost 
of this beautiful memorial is in the vicinity of nine hundred dollars. The 
bronze tablet on the face of the fountain towards the sidewalk reads as 
follows : 

In honor of 

Mary Draper 

Who did active patriotic service 

During the Revolutionary War 

1775-78 

Erected by the Mary Draper Chapter 

Daughters of the American Revolution 

1904 



Our Country; to be cherished in all our hearts, 
to he defended bv all our hands." 




There is no known picture of our heroine, but the ( hapter has the 
picture of the house from which she fed the passing troops in 1775. The 
house was destroyed by fire in 1S70, and only the cellar and some old 
apple trees now mark the spot. 



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MATTDON HOUSE, AMHERST 



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mav^ /iDattoon Cbaptcr, S>. H. IRv ot Bmberst, 

celebrated November tirst, 1904, the tenth anniversary of its organization. 
The founder and first Regent was Mabel Loomis Todd (Mrs. David). The 
Chapter received its name from the wife of General Ebenezer Mattoon, the 




MRS. MARY MATTOON 

most famous Revolutionary officer that Amherst ever produced. The pre- 
sentation of the charter took place March 27, 1896, in the home of Merrill 
E, Gates, President of Amherst College. Meetings were held in the homes 
of the members until 1S99, when rooms were secured in the Strong mansion, 
the oldest house in town. The gifts of many friends made it possible to tit 

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up the headquarters with relics of olden time, until to-day the walls are 
covered and all available space is tilled with curios of great interest and 
value. Out of Mary Mattoon Chapter has grown the Amherst Historical 
Society, to which men are admitted, and which is now a flourishing organ- 
ization in the development and nurture of patriotism throughout the com- 




GENERAL EBENEZER MATTOON 



munity. The social life of the Chapter is not neglected. January 17, 1900, 
a colonial ball was given in College hall, at which the daughters, attired in 
colonial gowns and attended by their partners, danced the minuet and other 
old-fashioned dances. A unique entertainment known as the " Congress of 
Nations," given by the Chapter in 1902, attracted many guests. Interesting 

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MRS. ELIJAH F. HARRIS, REGENT 



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MRS. HANNAH WILLIAMS DICKINSON 
" REAL daughter" 



MRS. KATHEKINE M. BISHOP 
" REAL DAUGHTER " 



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addresses by distinguished 
visitors have been given 
before the Chapter and its 
friends. The Chapter has 
had two "Real Daughters," 
one of whom, Mrs. Hannah 
Shepard Williams Dickinson, 
died in March, 1900. The 
other is Mrs. Katherine M. 
Bishop, of South Amherst, 
the daughter of John Nut- 
ting, a soldier of the Revo- 
lution. The present Regent 
of the Chapter is Mrs. E. F. 
Harris. The complete his- 
tory of Mary Mattoon, the 
heroine of the Chapter, may 
be found in the monograph, 
" Mary Mattoon and her 
Hero of the Revolution," 
written by the historian, 
Mrs. Walker. 



MRS. MABEL LOOMIS TODD 
FtlUNDER AND FIRST REGENT 



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/lDerc\j Marren Cbaptcr, ot 5piinotiel&, 



held its tirst meeting in March, 1892, celebrating the Nineteenth of April 
one month later, its Constitution being signed June 17, 1892. Mrs. Ade- 
laide A. Calkins joined the Society of the Daughters of the American Revo- 
lution, December 4, 1S91, her papers being signed by Miss Eugenia Wash- 
ington, Registrar General. She was the first member of the Daughters of 
the American Revolution in Springfield, and the organizer of the Chapter 

of which she was also the first 
Regent. She was appointed Re- 
gent December 17, 1891, and at- 
tended the First Continental Con- 
gress in Washington. Mrs. T. M. 
Brown followed Mrs. Calkins as 
Regent of the Chapter, and was 
afterward State Regent. 

The highly educated, cul- 
tured, accomplished woman, whose 
name the Chapter proudly bears, 
was the daughter of Colonel James 
Otis, of Barnstable, and wife of 
James Warren of Plymouth. The 
bright, enthusiastic young woman 
was intensely patriotic, and num- 
bered among her friends Washing- 
ton, Jefferson, Adams, and Knox. 
She was gifted as a letter writer, a 
little book of verse she dedicated 
to Washington, her story of the 
"Tea Party" and a few tragedies, 
showing her versatility ; and the 
" History of the Revolution" her depth of thought and character. 

The Chapter has in its possession the three leather-bound volumes of 
this history, the gift of one of its members, Mrs. Sanford, of Westfield. 

Two years after its organization, the Daughters united with the Sons 
in locating, marking, and decorating thirty-two graves of Revolutionary 
soldiers, and since that time a large number have been identified in the sur- 
rounding towns. 

Contributions have been sent very often in answer to requests from 
Chapters all over the country, to assist in preserving ancient landmarks, 

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mrs. victoria blanchard, 
"real daughter" 



erecting monuments, and placing tablets 
over historic spots. Prizes have been 
given to High School pupils for 
essays on patriotic subjects ; Revolu- 
tionary dates have been celebrated by 
appropriate exercises, and nearly every 
important event of the Revolutionary 
War has given time and subject for a 
Chapter meeting. During the Cuban 
War many supplies were furnished the 
hospitals. But in no direction has its 
work been more gratifying than in the 
local awakening of a general interest in 
Colonial and Revolutionary history. 

The Chapter has one daughter, 
Submit Clark Chapter, of Easthampton, 
which was formed by members of Meicy 
Warren Chapter residing in Easthamp. 

ton. The Chapter has permanent quarters in the Grand Army Memorial 

Hall in Springfield, which comfortably accommodates the members. 

The Chapter in the fourteen years of its existence has had about five hun. 

dred members, but marriage, removal, 

death, and old age, have kept the limit 

less than three hundred. At the present 

time the Chapter has two hundred and 

seventy active members, and has had 

sixteen " Real Daughters," the largest 

number of any Chapter in the State, 

three of whom are living, two in com- 
fortable health, and able to attend a 

meeting now and then, and one, 

nearly ninety years old, who is quite 

feeble and is cared for by the Chapter. 
The " Real Daughters " are : 

Eleanor Huse Ames (Mrs. J. G. ), 

Lucy Bliss (Mrs. Luke), Pauline Deyo 

(Mrs. John), Angeline Hedge (Mrs. 

Samuel), Fidelia Taylor Herrick (Mrs. 

J. T.), Lydia Wheeler Hunt (Mrs.), 

Fanny Howe (Miss), Hannah Brooks 

Morgan (Mrs. Justin), Desire Norman 

Pyne (Mrs. Thomas), Harriet Smith 




mary l. cooley 
■ real daughter ' 



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Sanford (Mrs, W. K.), Elizabeth Smith (Miss), Laura Theresa Johnson 
Tiffany (Mrs. B. B. ), Clara Branscome Harwood Walker (Mrs. L. B. ), 
Victoria Blanchard (Mrs. W. H.), Sarah A. Judd (Mrs.), Mary L. Cooley 
(Miss). The last three are living. 

The purpose of the Chapter has been, not only to promote patriotism, 
but to keep alive the memory of the brave deeds of the fathers and mothers 
who lived, and prayed, and worked, and died, for the freedom that is our 
priceless heritage today. 




MRS. SARAH A. JUDD 
" RF,AL DAIKiHTER " 



Their bones are on the northern hill, 

And on the southern plain ; 
By brook, and river, lake, and rill, 

And by the roaring main. 
The land is holy where they fought, 

And holy where they fell : 
For by their blood that land was bought, 

The land they loved so well." 



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/IDinutc /iDen Gf3aptcv of Boston, 




was organized in Huntington Hall, Boston, April 19, 190-2, with forty-five 
charter members, by the State Vice-Regent, Miss Marie W. Laughton, who 
presented the gavel to Mrs. Lillian Clarke Kirtland, the founder and first 
Regent. It is interesting to know that sixteen of the charter members 
were descendants of Minute Men. One member traces her ancestry direct- 
ly from Col. Barrett, the commander of the Minute Men ; another is de- 
scended from John Briggs Bell, a personal friend of 
George Washington, and the one who carried the 
Bible at the Masonic funeral service for the great 
general ; another member is a direct descendant of 
Mary Ball, the mother of Washington, while two 
are descended from Captain David Wheeler and 
Captain Timothy Wheeler, the father of David 
Wheeler, of the historic town of Concord, both of 
whom fought in the war, the father being eighty 
years old, and called in the most authentic history 
of the colonial days of the town, "ye ancient Cap- 
tain of ye foot company." One year from its or- 
ganization, April IS, 1903, the Chapter Charter 
was presented by the State Regent, Mrs. Charles 
H. Masury, in Howe Hall, which was beautifully 
decorated with laurel and fiags, and filled to overflowing with a distinguished 
audience. 

The special work of this Chapter has been of a philanthropic as well 
as patriotic nature, being a loving care for the living in honor of the dead. 
Soon after its formation, the Regent found what seemed a glorious oppor- 
tunity for work : the grand-daughter of a Revolutionary soldier, and a direct 
descendant of a Mayflower passenger, Mrs. Patience Caldwell, was found in 
the hospital connected with the Boston Almshouse, where she had been for 
over six years. Finding the case a most worthy one, after careful investi- 
gation, immediate action was taken to raise a fund to place this " Daughter," 
friendless, homeless and ill, in a Home, where she would find shelter and 
care for th^^ remainder of her life, and in June of the following year, 1908, 
Mrs. Caldwell was discharged from the Almshouse, brought to Boston, and 
boarded for a short time, when she was placed in a Home in Dorchester, 
where she is enjoying the cleanliness, good care, and loving friendship, of 
a real home. Two hundred dollars was paid by the Chapter as an 
entrance fee, and since then, it has clothed her, provided visitors 



MINUTE MAN 



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each month, and looked out for 
many little comforts. Since 
placing her there, the Chapter 
has raised a fund of over one 
hundred dollars, which has been 
placed in the bank, under 
trustees, to be used as a burial 
fund for her in case of death. 
The Chapter has had one "Real 
Daughter," Mrs. Charlotte W. 
Moody, born in Duxbury, June 
3, 180G. She was the great 
grand-daughter of Edward 
Winslow, third Governor of 
Massachusetts. Her daughter 
is a member of Minute Men 
Chapter. This Chapter has at 
present a membership of seven- 
ty, has alternate afternoon 
MRS. LILLIAN cLAKKK-RiR TLAN 1), F.-iNLKK AM, KEGEx P. ^^d 6 vening meetings, monthly, 

holds an annual dinner in January, and an annual outing to some historic spot 
in June. Daring the three years of its existence, it has raised four hundred 
thirty-tive dollars, for patriotic work, 
which includes contributions to Memo- 
rial Continental Hall in Washington, to 
a scholarship for Massachusetts Insti- 
tute Technology, to a scholarship for 
Friends School for Girls in Providence, 
to the battleship flag of the Nebraska, 
to an Industrial School for Colored 
Children in Montgomery, Ala , and its 
next work is to be a bust or engraving 
of the Minute Men, for Continental 
Hall, not only to perpetuate the name 
it bears, but to honor those brave men. 
who kindled the torch of liberty when 
" they tired the shot heard round the 
world." The Chapter gave a brilliant 
reception to Mrs. Donald McLean, 
President -General of the National 
Society, on January 2(), 1906, 




MRS. CHARLOTIE W. MOODY, 
'• REAL daughter" 



13: 



/IDoll^ Darnuin Cbapter, 2). H. 1R., of XowelU 



Since the formation of Molly Varnum Chapter, D. A. R., of Lowell, 
Mass., in 1S94, it has been active along the lines of educational and 
patriotic work, which it had decided as being of especial interest to the 
Chapter members. Its founder and first Regent was Mrs. Isabel W. ( Fred- 
erick L.) Greenhalge. 

A large and massive boulder has been placed in Chelmsford Centre, 
on the spot from which the Minute Men of Chelmsford and vicinity 

started on the day of the mem- 
orable fight at Concord and 
Lexington. 

The Whittier Association of 
Amesbury, Mass., was donated 
a flag by the Chapter, as to all 
New England people the poems 
of John G. Whittier embody so 
many of our Revolutionary and 
Colonial legends. 

Believing it a part of pa- 
triotic work to assist the boys, 
especially those of foreign birth 
among us, by every means in 
our power, to become good citi- 
zens, Molly Varnum Chapter 
has done much for the "Boys 
Club " of Lowell. The Chap- 
ter has donated funds to the 
Club, paid for an instructor in 
cobbling and cane-seating, and 
members of the Chapter have 
taken charge of classes or groups of boys in the Club, instructing them in 
music, history, and other appropriate subjects. 

Molly Varnum Chapter was named -for Molly Varnum, of Dracut, wife 
of General Joseph B. Varnum, and it has seemed most appropriate to our 
Chapter to assist in some form of memorial for the town of Dracut. Under 
the able leadership of Mrs. H. M. Thompson, chairman, a special committee 
from the Chapter gave material assistance, in both books and money, 
towards forming a Town Library for Dracut, and also a memorial in the 
form of a book containing, in illuminated text, the names of the -l:2o soldiers 




MOLLY VARNUM 



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who enlisted from Dracut at the time of the Revolutionary War, was donated 
to the town. This book was the work of Ross Turner, the artist, and is a 
beautiful specimen of American art. A bust and flags were also given to 
the Dracut Library by this same committee. 

The Historical Committee of the Chapter has done much to awaken 
interest in local history in the towns adjacent to Lowell, by monthly meet- 
ings held in historic houses in the towns of Tyngsboro, Westford, Billerica, 
Tewksbury, Chelmsford, Lowell, and Dracut. At these meetings addresses 
were made or papers read on the Revolutionary and Colonial history of the 
town in which the meetings 
were held, valuable historic 
data collected, and in each 
town the list of the Revolu- 
tionary soldiers was most care- 
fully compiled. 

Our public schools have 
also received donations from 
our Chapter, bas-reliefs, busts, 
and engravings of patriotic 
subjects having been presented 
to the High, Hartlett, Primary, 

and Chelmsford Schools. 

Various sums of money 

have been given at different 

times to aid the Hancock 

House, the Roger Wolcott 

Fund, Cuban soldiers, and 

teachers. 

At the Bazaar recently 

held in Boston in aid of the 

Continental Hall, Molly Var- 

num Chapter, in conjunction with the Samuel Adams Chapter, of Methuen, 

contributed $153 ; and in addition to this sum, Molly Varnum Chapter 

alone contributed $103, raised through assessments and donations. 

Molly Varnum Chapter has, since its inception, observed Memorial 

Da}', and held regular monthly meetings. 

During the past year it has held commemorative meetings on the '22nd 

of February, 19th of April, and 17th of June. 

The practical patriotic work of the Chapter has been carried on by 

two committees. The Historical Committee has held meetings in the old 

towns from which Lowell was originally formed. At these meetings papers 

were read by members of the committee containing data collected with a 




MRS. F. L. GREEXHALGE 
FOUNDER AND FIRST REGENT 



135 



view to future publication. This committee offered prizes in the public 
schools of Tyngsboro for the best composition on the history of the town, 
with most gratifying results. They have also, during the current year, 
placed markers on nine different historical places situated in Billerica, 
Tyngsboro, Chelmsford, and Dracut. They are working earnestly for the 
collection of facts regarding the history of these towns, that in the near 
future some form of publication may be issued which will do credit to the 
Chapter and to the Society. 

The Educational Committee began, in a small way last year, settle- 
ment work among our Greek colony, now numbering some five or six 
thousand. A sewing class for girls was started, and this year the city 
granted the use of a room in one of the school houses every Wednesday 
evening for the use of the class, and all seem eager and anxious to profit by 
the instruction so freely and generously volunteered by members of the 
committee. The work among our foreign population in a city like Lowell 
is of endless possibilities, and this committee is full of enthusiasm and 
plans for the future. 

The Chapter now has two hundred members, and ten on the waiting 
list. Mrs. Ellen Straw Thompson is Regent. 




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®IC) JBa^ State Chapter, 2). H. 1R., of Xowell, 

was formed in 1899, with Miss R. Agnes Williams as Regent. Starting with 
the twelve charter members, it has grown to a membership of twenty-two. 

The first public work of the Chapter was the offering of prizes of ten 
and five dollars for the two best essays, written by pupils of the High School, 
on the subject : " Who are the Patriots of America ? " Shortly after occurred 
our most important public work — a lecture for the Greeks who are very 
numerous in Lowell. The Regent prepared a lecture on the principal events 
of the Revolution, and its causes. This was rendered into Greek by the 
Greek consul, Mr. latros, and illustrated by stereopticon. The large 
audience was very attentive and enthusiastic. 

For the last four years we have subscribed to the " Youth's Com- 
panion," and placed it in the reading-room of the Boys' Club — a club for 
street boys. We have contributed five dollars to the Patience Caldwell 
Fund, and twenty dollars to Continental Memorial Hall. 

We have had occasional lectures by people of local prominence, as well 
as frequent papers on patriotic subjects by our own members. 



" To promote good citizenship is the greatest, the most important, the 
most far-reaching work of the Daughters of the American Revolution 
Society, the work by which we can produce the most lasting results ; the 
work that will be of most use to our nation. 

By instilling into the plastic minds of our growing youths a high 
ideal of citizenship, with its rights, and privileges, and duties, there will 
follow real devotion to the country, and real love for its institutions and 
government. 

Teach children that the basis of all true liberty is respect for the 
law; teach them the meaning of the flag; that it means that every 
citizen should bear his part in the public burden in his town, in his country, 
in his state, and in the Union." 



137 



©l& Colon\? CfDapter, 1f3iniibam, 

was organized v»ry early in the liistory of tlie Daughters of the American 
Revolution, in the beautiful old town of Hingham, Massachusetts, distin- 
guished for its services in the Revolutionary War. To this it sent seven 




MRS. ROBBINS, FOUNDER AND FIRST REGENT 

hundred and fifty of its citizens, including the dear friend of Washington, 
Major-General Benjamin Lincoln, whose great-granddaughter is one of the 
charter members of the society, and whose fine old house is one of the 
valued substantial relics of the past of Hingham. 

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139 



This was the third Chapter formed in Massachusetts, and as at first it 
drew its members from Hingham and Cohasset, it took the honored title 
" Old Colony " as its designation. It has never had a " Real Daughter," 
but has still two granddaughters of Revolutionary heroes, one of them, Paul 
Revere, among its members. 

Authorized by Mrs. Walworth, Vice-President General of the National 
Society, and Mrs. Green, Acting State Regent of Massachusetts, the 
Chapter's first meeting was called at the house of Mrs. James Henry 
Robbins, appointed Regent to organize a Chapter by the National Society. 
There it organized on March 10, 1894, with fourteen charter members, three 
of whom have since died. Mrs. Robbins, great-great-granddaughter of Gen- 
eral Israel Putnam, as originator of the movement, was accepted as Regent- 

The number of the Chapter was limited to fifty members besides the 
Regent, and this limit was not changed until 1905, when the By-Laws were 
amended, and it was raised to sixty. 

The first eleven meetings, covering a year, were held at the house of 
the Regent, and many interesting historic documents, letters, journals, and 
family records were read, and addresses delivered on patriotic subjects. 
For some years Independence Day was celebrated by the Chapter with ap- 
propriate exercises and outside guests were invited. From eight to ten 
meetings a year have been held annually, where business has been trans- 
acted, and papers and documents of historic interest read. 

The earliest public service of the Chapter was a contribution to the 
fund for the Mary Washington Memorial, the first monument in the world 
erected to a woman by women. Subsequently it contributed to the endow- 
ment fund, by which the grave of the mother of Washington is to be forever 
cared for in a befitting manner. In 1894 earth from General Lincoln's 
grave was sent to the Sequoia Chapter of California, to help to plant a 
memorial tree. 

The first gift of the Chapter to the National Society at Washington 
was a copy of the History of Hingham in four volumes, very valuable as a 
geneological and historic record, and gratefully accepted by the Association. 

Among its early resolutions was one appointing a committee to decor- 
ate the graves of soldiers on Memorial Day, and a wreath for the Soldiers' 
Monument, and other flowers, are annually sent by the Chapter to the 
cemeteries of Hingham. 

On July 4, 1894, an interesting entertainment was given by the Chapter 
at the grounds of the Hingham Polo Club, and in 1895, Independence Day 
was celebrated by an afternoon tea, accompanied by a most interesting ex- 
hibition of Colonial and Revolutionary relics at the house of Miss Susan B. 
Willard, then Treasurer. 

In November of the same year it was voted to appropriate a sum of 

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141 



money for the purchase of pictures for the two grammar schools of Hing- 
ham, as a reward for the five best compositions written by the pupils of 
each school on historic subjects, and to the Centre School was awarded a 
framed engraving of Trumbull's " Battle of Bunker Hill," and to the West 
School, another, of the " Massacre of Wyoming." 

In 1896 the Fourth of July was celebrated by a patriotic tea and exhibi- 
tion of Colonial and Revolutionary living pictures, and on September 19, 
1896, the centennial of "Washington's Farewell to the People " was cele- 
brated. In December, 1896, the Old Colony Chapter voted to join the State 
Association of Chapters, and later agreed to contribute an annual assess- 
ment of fifteen cents a member, towards its expenses. Washington's Birth- 
day was celebrated in 1897 by a Colonial Tea, with the committee of recep- 
tion and many of the guests in the costume of the Revolutionary period. 
In April, 1897, the One Hundred and Twenty-Second Anniversary of the 
Battle of Concord and Lexington was celebrated, and a subscription towards 
the purchase of General Putnam's W^olf Den was sent in November to the 
Elizabeth Porter Putnam Chapter, of Putnam, Connecticut. 

In response to the appeal of the National Society, Daughters of the 
American Revolution, which had promptly offered its services during the 
Spanish-American War, a committee was appointed to assist in procuring 
nurses for the hospitals of the army and navy. 

Of the one thousand trained women nurses provided for the govern- 
ment by the Daughters of the American Revolution hospital corps, seventy- 
two stand to the credit and honor of Old Colony Chapter, through the mag- 
nificent work of its then Vice-Regent, Miss Sara Whittimore Daggett. Miss 
Daggett labored generously and indefatigably throughout the war, sending 
supplies and relief wherever they seemed most needed. In recognition of 
her work, the National Board, Daughters of the American Revolution, pre- 
sented her with a gold medal, and she was invited to visit Washington as 
the guest of the War Department, and in 1899 she was elected State Regent 
of Massachusetts. 

At the meeting of May 13, 1898, it was voted to offer the services of 
the Chapter to the Massachusetts Volunteer Aid Association. A few sup- 
plies were sent to the Daughters of the American Revolution Hospital 
Corps, and during the summer the members labored with zeal and enthu- 
siam for the soldiers in the field, and for the Hospital Ship. 

x\n emergency fund was raised by the Chapter, and money sent to the 
Daughters of the American Revolution Hospital Corps, and to the Massa- 
chusetts Volunteer Association, and numerous meetings were held to work 
for the soldiers and sailors. Magazines were subscribed for and many books 
sent to army posts, and it is estimated that no less than one thousand 
dollars was contributed to the cause. 

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In addition to the subscriptions to War Funds, it sent money to the 
Lowell Memorial at Cambridge, in 1898; the sum of twenty-five dollars was 
subscribed for the Tuskegee Institute ; the Chapter interested itself in 
petitions and other efforts for securing the Nantasket Reservation for the 
State, and twenty-five dollars was individually subscribed towards the erec- 
tion of the Washington Monument to be presented to France by the women 
of America. 

On May 12 of this year one hundred and five dollars having been raised 
for the purpose, three large plaster casts, from the frieze of the Parthenon, 
one cast from a bas-relief by Luca Delia Robbia, and twelve large framed 




KXIEKIUK OF OLD MhlllNL, HOL'bl. 



photographs, six of California landscapes and six of classic subjects, were 
presented with appropriate ceremonies, at a public meeting at Agricultural 
Hall, to the schools of Hingham. The State Regent, Miss Daggett, was 
present on this occasion, and unexpectedly added to the gift a large 
engraved portrait of General Israel Putnam, as a memorial of the Regent, 
Mrs. Robbins, his great-great-granddaughter. 

On August 16, 1899, the anniversary of the Battle of Bennington, the 
State Regent, Miss Daggett, presented to it, with an eloquent speech, a 
beautiful gavel, handsomely mounted in silver, made from wood of the old 
Doggett Mansion. 

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On October 5, 1899, the State Conference of Daughters of the American 
Revolution met at the historic old Meeting House, of Hingham, by invita- 
tion of Old Colony Chapter. It was the most distinguished occasion in the 
annals of the Chapter, and greatly enjoyed by all present. 

In 1900, the Chapter having become interested in an appeal for books 
from Captain Leary, the first governor of Guam, raised money and sent five 
hundred valuable books, for which thanks and appreciative letters were later 
received from Captain Leary, and his successor. Commander Schroeder, 
U. S. N. 

In this year was sent the first subscription of twenty-five dollars towards 



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Continental Hall, which has been followed by other donations, and the Hall 
is still the object of constant work by the Chapter. 

In June, 1900, a lecture on the "Education of Girls" was given by 
Mrs. Robbins, in aid of the fund for the education of Cuban teachers, and 
fifty-four dollars and seventy-five cents was raised. 

On July 6, a contribution was forwarded to aid sufferers from the fam- 
ine in India. A contribution was also sent for the monument in the 
Arlington Cemetery, to the volunteer nurses who died in the Spanish War. 

In February, 1901, Old Colony Chapter sent money to Minute Men 
Chapter of Boston, to aid an indigent descendant of Revolutionary ancestry. 
In March it contributed to the Wolcott Memorial, and later, largely by in- 

144 



dividual subscription, it contributed seventy dollars and fifty cents for the 
Army Relief Society. The same year it took up the study of the Civil Ser- 
vice Reform Movement, and listened to various papers on the subject. As 
it is not constitutional to join any other association as a body, groups of the 
members joined the Women's Auxiliary, and contributed to the cause. 

The Chapter petitioned the Legislature through its representative, Mr. 
Litchfield, to oppose the Veteran's Preference Bill, and requested him to 
favor the bill of the Historical Geneological Society for publishing the Vital 
Records of the State previous to 1850. Support was also petitioned for the 
bill transferring the care of public grounds to the Park Commission. 

On the evening of May 7, 1902, the General Benjamin Lincoln Chapter 
of the Sons of the American Revolution, was entertained by Old Colony 
Daughters at the Wompatuck Club. The reception was brilliant and well 
attended, and after the exercises a collation was served. 

On June 19, a subscription was sent to help in the support of the 
Royall House, Medford. In June, 1903, the Chapter gave a handsome 
silver repouss6 jewel box to Miss Daggett, on the occasion of her marriage 
with Dr. Robert Beattie. 

On June 12, 1903, the Chapter presented a framed illustrated copy of 
the Declaration of Independence to the Hingham High School, with appro- 
priate ceremonies, and it raised forty-five dollars to aid in marking the 
historic sites of Hingham. 

This year (1903) two standing committees were formed, the Pilgrimage 
Committee, whose object is to exhibit to strangers visiting the town the 
places of interest in which it abounds ; and the Entertainment Committee, 
which arranges for the exercises at each meeting. The ofifice of Historian 
was created, and ably filled by Miss Harriet R. Clark. 

Throughout this Chapter year, the subjects considered were taken from 
the history of the thirteen original States, up to the time of the Revolution, 
and of the other States up to the date of their admittance into the Union. 
Numerous original papers were contributed by members of the Chapter, 
and by gentlemen who were good enough to address it, and extracts from 
historical works were occasionally read. 

On June 10, 1904, a cast of John C. Bologna's " Flying Mercury " was 
presented by the Chapter to the High School, and in September, 1904, Old 
Colony Chapter sent a contribution of sixty-two dollars to Japan, under the 
auspices of the Woman's Relief Society, to aid the families of soldiers and 
sailors suffering from the losses of the Russo-Japanese war. 

At the request of the Massachusetts Geneological Society, an Epitaph 
Committee was appointed by the Regent in June, 1904, to copy the inscrip- 
tions from tombstones, in the three Hingham cemeteries, of people who died 
previous to the year 1850. 

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During the year there were subscriptions for purchasing the Dorothy 
Quincy House, at Quincy (afterwards bought by the Colonial Dames), and 
for the Pilgrim Memorial Association on Cape Cod ; also a conditional 
agreement was made with Mrs. Titus, to help the Daughters of the American 
Revolution to preserve the frigate "Constitution." Money was also sent on 
September 28, 1904, to the Perry Memorial Association of Japan. 

In January, 1905, another subscription was made to the Continental 
Hall Fund, and later in the year entertainments were given for the same 

purpose. The annual meeting 
on April 12 of that year was the 
one hundredth gathering of the 
Chapter, and at this meeting 
the resignation of Mrs. Robbins, 
after ten years' service, was 
accepted, and Miss Susan Bar- 
ker Willard was elected Regent, 
Mrs. Robbins being made 
Honorary Regent. 

On June 16, an entertain- 
ment was given by the Chapter 
at the Wompatuck Club House, 
in honor of the State Regent, 
Mrs. Masury, which was at- 
tended by the Regents of several 
neighboring Chapters. 

On May 20, a subscription 
was sent to the Paul Revere 
Memorial Association, to aid in 
the purchase of his former 
dwelling; and on August 18, 
the Chapter contributed to the 
fund for the relief of the Span- 
ish-American War nurses. On 
September 6, a delightful concert was given for the Continental Hall Fund, 
from which the proceeds were over a hundred dollars. On October 11, an 
amusing experience party supplemented the business meeting, and each 
member present gave an account of her way of raising money for the Con- 
tinental Hall Fund. 

On Monday afternoon, November 20, Miss Willard, the Regent, assisted 
by a committee from the Chapter, entertained the State Regent and about 
sixty Daughters of the American Revolution guests at the Pierce Building, 
Boston. 




MISS SUSAN BARKER WILLARD 



146 



During this year the Chapter chose a Village Improvement Committee 
to see what could be done about bettering the conditions at the Hingham 
station ; and Miss Bradley, as chairman, has so drawn the attention of the 
officials of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad to the matter, 
that it is possible that some of the evils may be rectified at no distant date. 

It being the desire of the Chapter to make some gift to the Massachu- 
setts room at Continental Hall, a committee has the matter under consider- 
ation, and when a decision is reached, the funds are already provided for its 
purchase. It was at the suggestion of the Regent of Old Colony Chapter 
that application was made by the State Association for the reservation of 
the Massachusetts Room to be furnished by the Chapters of our State. 

In 1906, the State Regent having requested that the twenty-second of 
February should be devoted by the Chapters to an entertainment for the 
benefit of Continental Hall, Old Colony Chapter secured a hall at the nearest 
available date, February 27, and a Carnival of Flowers, with all the ladies 
dressed in paper, Avas held on that evening, with dancing and a supper, at 
Loring Hall, about one hundred dollars being raised. 

This was the last festival of the Chapter year, for on March 10, 1906, 
closed the twelfth year of Old Colony Chapter's existence, during which it 
has held one hundred and eight regular meetings, beside the numerous 
public gatherings to which outsiders were invited. 

The organization has, during this time, been always united and peace- 
ful, its officers have been appreciated and sustained, the work cordially and 
generously carried on. It has been earnest in good works, helpful to other 
Chapters, nobly generous in a great emergency. It has identified itself with 
movements for the good of the community and the State, as well as for the 
nation in its time of need. It has cherished and studied the history of its 
fathers, and is now engaged in collecting local annals of domestic and 
patriotic interest. It has been, and is constantly alive to the needs of the 
hour, as well as mindful of the past, and its members are always ready for 
any emergency which may arise and call for their helpful service. 



147 



©l& Concord Cbapter, H). B. 1R., Concor&, 

was instituted in 1894, by Mrs. Daniel Lothrop, of Concord, who was the 
first Regent, and holds its meetings on the second Saturday of each month 
from October to June. Its membership is fifty-two. The meetings are held 
in the homes of the members. 




OLD NORTH BRIDGE, CONCORD 



All historic places in Concord were properly marked before the 
Chapter was organized. Historic memories of general interest are re- 
viewed at each meeting, together with an account of ancestors of individual 
members. Several public lectures have been given ; contributions have 

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MRS. DANIEL LOTHROP 

FOUNDER AND FIRST REGENT 

Founderof theSociety of the Children of the American Revolution 



l)een made to the Cuban 
War fund, the Patience Cald- 
well fund, the Continental 
Hall fund, and the Roger 
\\'olcott statue. 

Books have been given 
to the public libraries of 
four towns, viz. : Acton, 
Bedford, Billerica, and Con. 
cord. A framed copy of the 
Declaration of Independence 
has been placed in the Con- 
cord High School. 

The Chapter has on its 
roster the name of a " Real 
Daughter," Mrs. Susan S. 
Brigham, an aged and infirm 
descendant of a minute man 
of Acton. The Chapter has 




5USAN S. BRU.HAM, '' REAL DAICHTER " 




MKS. HKLEN PENT CIRTIS, REGENT 



149 



been privileged to aid her in 
several ways. 

The Chapter table at 
the recent Bazaar netted 
about forty-eight dollars to 
the fund. 

(luite a number of Bed- 
ford ladies are members 
of the Chapter ; many are 
descendants of the seventy- 
seven minute men who 
assembled under the old oak 
tree on Main Street, near 
the center of the town, 
on the nineteenth of April, 
1775. 
There are a number of historic places in Bedford which the Chapter 

hopes soon to place tablets upon. 

The present regent of the Chapter is Mrs. Helen Bent Curtis, [of 

Maynard. 




MERRIAM'b CURNER, CONXOKD 




OLD MANSE 



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©l^ maMev Gbaptcr, B. B. 1R. 

February 12, 1904, eleven ladies met in Hadley to consider the matter 
of forming a Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. A 
former Regent of Mary Mattoon Chapter, of Amherst, was present, and 
explained the object of the organiza- 
tion, and gave instruction as to the 
necessary steps to be taken in order to 
form a Chapter. The name " Old 
Hadley " was at this time decided upon. 
Mrs. Elliott S. Johnson was chosen 
Chairman, and forwarded her papers 
March S. April 5 she received her ap- 
pointment as Regent. The papers of 
twenty other ladies were forwarded 
April 25, and returned accepted, and 
July 8, the first meeting was held. 
Officers and committees were appointed 
and from this time meetings have been 
regularly held on the first Wednesday 
in each month, in the hall of Goodwin 
Memorial Library. 

A reception was held October 12, 
to which were invited the officers of the 
six Chapters in Western Massachusetts. 
The State Regent, Mrs. Masury, graced 
this gathering with her presence, and 
presented the Charter. 

A Constitution and By-Laws were 
adopted by the Chapter, February 1, 
1905, and approved by the State Vice- 
Regent June 12. 

One paper has been written and read on "The Early Settlement of 
Hadley," and others will be ready another season. 

The picture accompanying this sketch is a copy in miniature of a pic- 
ture which is greatly prized by the older families in Hadley, it being a rep- 
resentation of an actual incident in the lives of the forefathers, when on 
September 1, 1675, General William Goffe, one of the regicides, then in hid- 
ing in Hadley, led the people in repelling an attack by the Indians. 




MRS. ELLIOTT S. JOHNSUN, REGENT 



IS' 




®l& IRewbuvv Cbaptcr, 1Rc\vbur\:port. 

4 

On June 17, 1S96, a large and distinguished company gathered in the 
spacious rooms of the historic Dalton Mansion in Newburyport, to take 
part in the exercises attendant upon the formation of Old Newbury 
Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, and the presentation of its 

Charter, which was framed 
in wood taken from the 
frigate " Constitution." 

The first meeting was 
held at the house, for- 
merly the residence of 
Hannah Flagg Gould, a 
poet of considerable note 
the first half of the last 
century. In the ten years 
which have elapsed since that day, the Chapter has accomplished valuable 
work, of which its members are justly proud. 

Its membership, beginning with sixteen, now numbers sixty, and in- 
cludes descendants from Governor Dudley, Elder Brewster, Governor 
Hinckley, Governor Prence, Colonel 
Moses Little, Governor Josiah Bart, 
lett, and others of lesser rank, but 
no less ardent patriotism. 

Four daughters of Revolutionary 
patriots have been honored members; 
two of whom are still living, Mrs. 
Jane Hill Currier and Miss Ruth I. 
Short. The other two are Miss Abby 
Short and Mrs. Lydia Lowell Finder. 
Monthly meetings from Novem- 
ber to May have been regularly held, 
important papers on national and 
local history read, and many pleas- 
ant moments passed over the tea 
cups, in the social hour which always 
follows the literary program. 

In addition to its literary work, 
the Chapter has contributed funds toward Continental Hall, the statue 
of Washington which was presented to France, the memorial for tomb of 
LaFayette, and memorial to Governor Roger \\'olcott. 




MISS ABBY SHORT, " REAL D.VUGUTER " 



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LANDING PLACE OF THE FIRST SETTLERS OF NEWBURY 




DUMMER MANSION, NOW PART OF DUMMER ACADEMY 



It worked actively for the comfort and welfare of the soldiers during 
the Spanish War, and gave money toward the support of the families of 
local volunteer soldiers. Much of the work usually done by the Daughters 

of the American Revolution, such as 
marking historic sites, etc., had already 
been done in Newburyport by the City 
Improvement Society and the Newbury 
Historical Society, but the Chapter 
identified several graves of Revolu- 
tionary soldiers hitherto unknown, and 
caused them to be suitably marked. 

It annually gives the " American 
Monthly Magazine " to the Free Read- 
ing Room of the city, and has given 
framed pictures to the new Jackman 
School and to Dummer Academy, and 
a copy of the Declaration of Indepen- 
dence, framed in historic wood, to the 
High School. Books upon local history 
have been purchased and sent to 
MRS. JANE H. CURRIER " REAL dau(;htfr" d. A. R. hcadquarters in Washington, 
and reading matter sent to military posts. In addition to this, the Chapter 
has put by a goodly sum^toward the purchase of a bronze tablet to be 
placed in the Public Library April 19, 1906, in memory of Old Newbury's 
soldiers and sailors in the Colonial and Revolutionary Wars. 

The following ladies have served the Chapter as Regents : Miss Edith 
.#14<». Russell Wills, 1S96-1899 ; Mrs. Laurence W. Brown, 

1899-1901 ; Mrs. Joseph E. Moody, 1901. 






®l& Soutb Cbapter, of tSoston, 

was organized December 2i^, 1896, the anniver- 
sary of " Tea Party " week, with sixty charter 
members, by Mrs. Laura Wentworth Fowler, 
who became its first Regent. 

Its Charter was presented on February 15, 
1S97, by Madame von Rydingsvaard, State 
Regent of Massachusetts. The first and fifth 
anniversaries of the founding of the Chapter 
were held in the Old South Meeting House, when 
patriotic addresses by prominent men and 
women, and music, made them memorable oc- 
casions. The Chapter has had seven " Real 
Daughters " two of whom are now living at an 
advanced age, Mrs. Joanna White Beaman 
Fletcher, and Sophronia Fletcher, M. D. The 
names of the other five daughters are : Mrs. 
Jane Brown Marshall, Mrs. Abigail Harris 
Wood, Mrs. Eunice Russ Ames Davis, Mrs. Ade- 
line Goulding.and Miss Catharine Haven Perry. 



Two members have with- 
drawn to become Regents 
of other Chapters, Mrs. 
Louisa Morrison, of Old 
North, and Mrs. Rose E. 
Harkins, of Boston C'ity 
Chapter; the latter passed 
away in October, 1905. 

Meetingshave been held 
regularly once a month from 
October to May, for the past 
three years, in Sewall Hall, 
New Century Building, one 
hoar devoted to a business 
session, followed by a liter- 
ary and musical entertain- 
ment, concluding with an 
informal reception and tea. 
Among the noted persons 
who have addressed the 




SKrHRONIA FLETCHhK, M. M 
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• KKAL DAUGHTER 




MRS. L. W. FOWLER 
FIRST REGENT 



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Chapter are, Rev. Dr. Edward Everett Hale, Dr. E. A. Horton, Colonel 
Henry Thomas, Rev. Dr. Barton, General O. O. Howard, Hezekiah Butter- 
worth, Miss Alice Longfellow, Mrs. May Alden Ward, Mrs. Julia Ward 
Howe, Mrs. Mary Livermore, Mrs. Fairbanks, Mrs. Donald McLean, Mrs. 
G. W, Simpson, Mrs. Masury, Miss Winslow, and others prominent in the 
Daughters of the American Revolution, Presidents of Historical Societies 





EUN'ICE RUSSAMES DAVIS 
" REAL DAUGHTER " 



MRS. JANE RROWN MARSHALL 
" REAL daughter" 



and many others. Historical papers have been prepared and read by 
members. The musical programs have been of a high order of merit. 

The Chapter has contributed to the Massachusetts Volunteer Aid 
Association, to repairing steeple of Old North Church, to Washington 
Monument, Cuban Teachers Fund, Adams Chapter D. A. R., Mt. Vernon 
Association, Roger Wolcott Memorial, Dorothy Quincy House, Portrait of 
Paul Jones, Monument to the daughter of Patrick Henry in Memphis, and 
gifts to " Real Daughters." A memorial tablet has been erected over the 
grave of a " Real Daughter," and a bronze tablet placed on the site of the 
birth place of Rev. Dr. S. F. Smith, the author of " America." Each 
Memorial Day a wreath is placed on the grave of Dr. Smith. 

During the Paris Exposition a laurel wreath, with ribbons of the tri- 
color, was placed on the grave of La Fayette by a member of the Chapter. 
A picture of the Old South Meeting House has been placed in the Paul 
Revere School House. Special work in IDDl and 1902 were lectures in 

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MRS. CHARLES G. CHICK 
REGENT 



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Italian, illustrated with stereopticon, 
to the adult foreign population at the 
North End of Boston, preceded by 
an address in Italian by the Regent, 
Mrs. Laura Wentworth Fowler. 

During the regime of the second 
Regent, Mrs. Henry C. Hodgdon, 
the Chapter contributed to Memorial 
Continental Hall one hundred and 
ten dollars, and engaged in other 
patriotic work. At the sixth anni- 
versary meeting a large picture of the 
Old South Meeting House was pre- 
sented to the Chapter by Mrs. 
Hodgdon. 



mrs. abigail harris wood 
"real daughter" 



Under the rule 
of the present Re- 
gent, Mrs. Charles 
G. Chick, the pres- 
tige of the Chapter 
has continued. At 
the Bazaar held for 
Memorial Continen- 
tal Hall, the Chapter 
Table realized two 
hundred dollars as its 
contribution. Ten 
dollars has been con- 
tributed to the fund 
in aid of the Tennes- 
see mountaineers, ten 
dollars to the fund 
for the preservation 
of Paul Revere House 
and forthe monument 
to the Spanish War 
Nurses. About two 



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MRS. JOANNA WHITE BEAMAN FLETCHER 
" REAL DAUGHTER " 



hundred and ten members have been admitted, twenty-two members have 
passed to the great beyond, and others have been transferred to other 
Chapters, the^Chapter now numbering one hundred and thirty. 

Each year delightful outings have been taken to historic spots, Lexing- 
ton, Concord, Salem, Danvers, Dedham, (^uincy, and with the Old South 




Historical Society pilgrimages to Newburyport, Portsmouth, Haverhill, 
Newport, and Andover. Inserted in the frame of the Charter are two 
crystals from the great chandelier brought from England, and which hung 
for many years in the historic church. A piece of the ship " Constitution " 
and gifts from the Clarke-Hancock House, Lexington, and the Fairbanks 

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House, Dedham, are also incorporated in the frame. Our gavel is made 
from a beam taken from Griffin's Wharf, where the tea was thrown on " Tea 
Party" day. The Chapter has a full set of Lineage Books, now in the 
custody of the Bostonian Society in the Old State House. 




TABLET ON GRAVE OF EUNICE DAVIS, '"REAL DAUGHTER' 



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IpaiU 3onc3 (Xbapter, of JBoston, 

was formed June 14, 189S, with a charter membership of thirteen, and 
named in honor of the founder of the American Navy. It was organized 
by Miss Marion Howard Brazier, founder and regent of Bunker Hill Chap- 
ter, and by permission of the late State Regent, Mrs. T. M. Brown, who 
also authorized her to appoint the hrst Regent who was Miss C. Mabel Bea- 
man. Its present Regent is the founder, Miss Brazier. 

June 14, "Flag Day," has been celebrated by open patriotic meetings, 
and other days memorable in history have been honored, notably February 




PAUL JONES 



13, the anniversary of the first salute to the American flag carried by Paul 
Jones on the sea. It has a large and valuable collection of relics, given by 
Naval officers and many friends, all of which are kept in a historic sea chest, 
the gift of the late rear-Admiral Belknap. Many of these relics were ex- 
hibited at the St. Louis Fair in 1904. 

The Chapter has two " Real Daughters," Mrs. Sarah Deering Marden, 
daughter of a man who served with Paul Jones on the Bon Homme Richard, 

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PAII. lONES SCHOOLHOrSE IN KAM K)SION' 



mis sczriooiMoms. is i lAi^sn /cm 



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mSCmEZD VllDEkVAE Am?iCl%OT 

mSL JO! f£S CrlATTIK 



FIRST AND ONLY MEMORIAL TO PAUL JO.NF.S IN AMERICA 
DEDICATED APRIL I 5, I 904 



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and Mrs. Rachel M. Fernald, of Kittery, Maine. It has also a number of 
associate members and six honorary members, Julia Ward Howe, Mrs. 

Donald McLean, (who assisted in 
the birth of the Chapter in Boston), 
Mrs. Henry M. Upham, (Grace 
LeBaron) Mrs. Charles Warren Fair- 
banks, Mrs. Alfred Kendall, and Mrs. 
Marian Longfellow O'Donoghue. 

One of the achievements of the. 
Chapter is the naming of a handsome 
new Boston school house Paul Jones, 
and placing thereon a bronze tablet, 
this being the first and to date only 
memorial in America to this naval 
hero. In this work the Chapter had 
the endorsement and aid of the Ad- 
visory Committee on Co-operation 
in Patriotic Work, the Daughters of 
1812, and were otherwise aided by 
MRS. SARAH D. MARDEN Old South, John Adanis, Paul Revere, 

"REAL DAiTjHTER" Rcprlsal (of N. H.) Chapter, Secre- 

tary Moody, Admiral Dewey, Cap- 
tain R. P. Hobson, and others, all 
of whose names are etched in brass 
upon the back of the tablet. 

The Chapter has sent money to 
Memorial Continental Hall, and is 
to place upon its walls a life size 
portrait of Paul Jones as he appeared 
hauling up the colors on the Ranger 
in Portsmouth harbor. The present 
Regent has sent flag lithographs for 
the public schools of Cuba, Porto 
Rico, the Philippines, and to Hawaii, 
all duly acknowledged by the au- 
thorities. It is turning its attention 
to the needs of the schoolhouse and 
the children, and has presented a 
standard of colors with ceremonies 
(arranged by the teachers) on Frank- 
lin's Birthday, Jan. 17, 1906. Miss Brazier has also given several pictures of 
value, one an illuminated text story of the origin and growth of the flag, 

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MRS. RACHEL MARIA FERNALD 
" REAL DAUGHTER " 



and a portrait of Paul Jones. On " Lincoln Day," February 12, she pre- 
sented a bas-relief of Lincoln, also Abbott Graves' painting " Mending the 
Flag." 

An appeal was drawn up by the Regent, in the Chapter name, and 
signed by the four Revolutionary societies, asking tiag manufacturers to 
make a thirteen-starred flag to place upon the market at a reasonable price 
for use on Memorial Day in marking the graves of the " men of 'TG." 

The Regent was elected by the Massachusetts Regents and Vice-Regents 
to represent the society at the final burial of Paul Jones at Annapolis, April 
24, 1906. 

Graves of Revolutionary soldiers in Maine have been marked by the 
Chapter with the bronze marker of the S. A. R., and the same have had 
headstones placed by the Government on notification by the Chapter. 




MISS BRAZIEK 



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Paul Revere's House 




North Square 



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IPaul lRev>ere Cbapter, ot Boston, 

was organized on April 19, 1894, with sixteen charter 
members. Its enrollment increased rapidly and on 
the first anniversary, April 19, 1895, the new Chapter 
was enabled to place a bronze tablet on the historic 
home of Paul Revere, the patriot in whose honor it 
was named. In the following year, twenty-one coats- 
of-arms of the thirteen original states were presented 
to, and hung upon the walls of, twenty-one schools 
within the 



PAUL REVERE 



city limits. 
The records 
for the year 
1898 show a wide field of work, 
great activity, and diversity of 
effort, along patriotic lines. In the 
early winter of that year an exhibi- 
tion of Revolutionary pictures was 
held in Copley Hall, Boston. 
Twenty-five dollars was contributed 
to the Hancock-Clarke house fund ; 
a wreath was placed on the grave 
of Paul Revere, and each year since 
a like tribute has been offered ; 
fifteen dollars was given toward 
floral decorations at Christ Church, 
of Revolutionary fame ; fifty dollars 
was paid for one share of stock in 
the Woman's Clubhouse Corpora- 
tion ; sixty dollars was donated for 
a portrait of the patriot, Paul 
Revere, to be placed in a school- 
house bearing his name; and sixty- 
six dollars was also taken from the 
treasury toward a hospital launch 
to be used in the Spanish-American 
War. In the year 1899, a table at 
Christ Church Fair netted one 
hundred and seventy-eight dollars 
and fifty cents. This sum was used 

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CHRIST CHURCH 




for repairs on that editice. 
In the same year a club for 
historical study, among the 
alien boys of the neighbor- 
hood, was established at 
Denison House. This club 
still continues and is doing 
excellent work. For its sup- 
port, the Chapter contri- 
butes one hundred dollars 
each year. 

Photographs, illustrat- 
ing the Boston portion of 
Paul Revere's famous and 
historical ride, were given to 
the New England Library 

MRS. EMILYJ.CARTWRir.HT, FIRST REGENT ASSOClatlon In 1902. 

In 1903 a concert was given at the Tuilleries, Boston ; fifty dollars was 
contributed to the Continental Hall Fund ; five dollars was given to a sister 
Chapter to aid in the support of an aged person of Revolutionary descent. 

The decennial anniversary of the Chapter was held in 1904, and 
consisted of a breakfast by the members at Hotel Vendome. Ten 
dollars was donated to the Jefferson Road Association Fund ; thirty-five 
dollars to the Cape Cod Memorial 
Fund ; and five dollars to aid a sister 
Chapter in placing a memorial tab- 
let. The numbers of the " American 
Monthly Magazine " were bound 
and placed in the public library. 
Perhaps the most ambitious and 
far-reaching work of the year was 
the formation of a children's soci- 
ety, named "The Signal Lantern 
Society, Children of the American 
Revolution." It now has an enroll- 
ment of forty-one names, the chil- 
dren varying in age from the tiniest 
tots to lads and lassies in their 
teens. Eight meetings have been 
held each year, three summer out- 
ings enjoyed, and a May Party mks. hannaii u. bacon, "real dal(;hier 

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given in 19(15 at Hotel Vendome. Twenty-five dollars has been contrib- 
uted this year to the Children's Room in Continental Hall, and thirty 
dollars to the Paul Revere House Fund. 

At the Continental Bazaar, held in December, 1904, the Chapter 
realized six hundred thirty-five dollars and fifty cents. Previous to this a 
second fifty dollars had been taken from the treasury, and this made the 
contribution to Continental Hall seven hundred and thirty-five dollars and 
fifty cents. The Chapter has also given two hundred and six dollars 



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TABLET ON PAUL REVERE S HOl'SE 



towards the preservation of Paul Revere's house, and forty dollars for 
educational work among the Tennessee mountaineers. 

Eight regular business meetings are held during the year, and two social 
meetings. The Regents of the Chapter have been Mrs. James W. Cart- 
wright, Mrs. E. Everett Holbrook, Mrs. Alvin R. Bailey, and the present 
Regent, Mrs. Charles H. Bond. 

The Chapter has had but one "Real Daughter," Mrs. Hannah H. 
Bacon, who passed away several years ago. 



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SICNAL LANTERN 



171 



peace part^ CF^apter, ipitt6fiel&. 

The formation of Peace Party Chapter, of Pittstield, was wholly clue 
to the efforts of our late Regent, Mrs. Mary E. Goodrich Crane. l"he 
Chapter was organized February 5, 1897, with twenty charter members. 
It now has seventy members. 

The name Peace Party was chosen from a party given by the citizens 
of Pittstield to celebrate the ratification of peace in the fall of 1783, at the 




JOHN WILLIAMS' HOUSE WHERE PEACE PARTY OF I 783 WAS HELD 



close of the Revolutionary War. The house is standing, at present re- 
modelled for a Rectory, on East Street, the original site. 

The Chapter has located more graves of Revolutionary soldiers than 
any other Chapter in the Union, and has spent in the neighborhood of a 
hundred and fifty dollars in cleaning and straightening headstones and 
general repairs to graves. On Decoration Day people linger lovingly now in 
the portions of the cemetery to which the older inhabitants were removed. 

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MRS. lAMES B. CRANE 



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MRS. MARY MESSENGER FLINT THOMPSON 
" REAL DAUGHTER " 



This Chapter has had two " Real 
Daughters " of the Revolution, first, 
Mrs. Mary Messenger Thompson, 
of Dalton, second, Mrs. Ann Eliza 
Prentiss, Pittsfield. Athough as an 
organization we did nothing for the 
soldiers in the Spanish \A'ar, yet by 
individual members of the Chapter 
contributions that would amount to 
over two thousand dollars were made, 
and much time and strength were 
spent in their behalf. 

The Chapter has celebrated 
each year the battle of Lexington 
by giving prizes for the best essays 
on Revolutionary subjects to the 
pupils of our high school. Mrs. 
Crane personally extended this work 
to the high school of Dalton. 
Facsimile copies of the Declaration of Independence have been pre- 
sented to all the public schools of this citv and Dalton. 

We have placed a sun 
dial, the column of white 
marble with bronze dial, to 
mark the site of the historic 
Old Elm of this city. The 
expense was in the neighbor- 
hood of two hundred dollars. 
We have contributed to ob- 
jects of general interest to 
all the Chapters ; the D. A.R. 
building at Washington, 
D. C. ; the statue of Wash- 
ington, modeled by Mr. 
Daniel French, and pre- 
sented to the city of Paris ; 
Memorial to Mary Washing- 
ton ; and many objects of 
equal interest. 

The present Regent is 
Mrs. W. A. Whittlesey. 




mrs. ann eliza prentiss 
"real daughter " 



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SUN DIAL 



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Ipru^cnce Mriobt Cbapter, IPeppercU. 



In response to a call in the local paper to those interested in forming 
a Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, twenty-one ladies 
met in a room in the Town House, August 24, 1897, and Miss Mary L. P. 

Shattuck was chosen to pre- 
side. 

Several meetings were 
held during the fall and 
winter, resulting in a public 
meeting June 17, 1898, when 
Prudence Wright Chapter, 
D. A. R., number four hun- 
dred and thirty, with twenty- 
five members, was recognized 
as another organization in 
the old town of Pepperell. 

The Chapter name was 
in commemoration of Pru- 
dence (Cummings) Wright, 
wife of David Wright, of 
Pepperell, who, with the 
neighboring women and 
friends, by whom she had 
been appointed their com- 
mander, intercepted a tory 
messenger, Leonard Whiting, 
carrying despatches to the 
enemy. 

In his attempt to cross 

the Nashua River, at " the 

old ford way," a point now 

known as Jewetts Bridge, he 

was made prisoner, searched, 

and the papers found concealed in his stocking. Owing to the illness and 

death of Mrs. Brown, State Regent, the Charter was not presented until 

October 19, 1S9S, making that the Charter day. 

Miss M. L. P. Shattuck, who had been chosen Chapter Regent, and 
the other officers were confirmed at the first annual meeting, Miss Shattuck 
serving very acceptably two years. 

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MRS. RITH NAOMI (BAXTEK) HOBART 
" KEAI. DAUGHTER " 



MARY J. BENNETT 
' REAL DAUCHTEK'' 




MRS. M. E. V. TODD 
'' REAL DAUGHTER" 



Efficient work has been accomplished in copying inscriptions on all the 
old gravestones up to the year of 1850. This was a long tedious task as 
many of the markings were nearly obliterated. The committee, having this 
work in charge, merits the gratitude of the public for this valuable service. 
A liberty pole was raised April 19, 190O, on the Common, and two 
flags, purchased by various money-making entertainments and subscriptions, 
in part given by interested townspeople outside the Chapter. A code of 
flag days has been arranged and published in book form, one having been 

placed in each of the public 
schools and are on sale at a 
reasonable price. 

A full report of each of the 
three regencies, of two years 
each, has been printed at the 
expiration of each term of 
office. The present Regent is 
Mrs. Nathaniel Walker Apple- 
ton. There have been three 
"Real Daughters," namely, 
Mrs. Mary Jane Tarbell Ben- 
nett, Mrs. Ruth Naomi Baxter 
Hobart, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth 
Fletcher Todd, the latter the 
only surviving one, now nearlv 
ninety years old. 

Memorial Day is observed 
by uniting with the G. A. R., 
and other patriotic organiza- 
tions, in decorating graves of 
Colonial, Revolutionary, and 
1812 soldiers , and deceased 
daughters. During the month of August in each year a held day is 
appointed and observed by excursions to places of historic interest. 

The work of the Old Homestead Committee continues from year to 
year, and much valuable data is being collected and preserved. The same 
must also be said of the efficient Camera Committee. 

Money has been raised by various methods, for the needs of the 
Chapter, — restoring an old unoccupied schoolhouse, the use of which the 
Town kindly granted for a Chapter Headquarters or Home ; for contribu- 
tions to Continental Memorial Hall and other objects. 

The Chapter Home has been furnished and made attractive by mem- 
bers and friends presenting and loaning old-fashioned furniture, relics, 

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pictures, etc. Meetings are held here from time to time, and during Old 
Home Week is open for the comfort and entertainment of guests. Two 
albums have been presented to the Chapter, one for pictures of historic 
value, the other for postcards. 

The interest in patriotic work continues, and it is hoped much will be 
accomplished in the }-ears to come. In the last report we have a total 
membership of eighty, active members sixty-nine. 




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(JJueciuecban Cbaptcr, Jfall IRivev. 



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mrs. sarah hicks krow.nell 
"real daughter" 

The " Real Daughters " are Mrs. 
Sarah Hicks Brownell of Adamsville, 
R. I., and Mrs. Priscilla Grinnell of 
Tiverton, R. I. Regular monthly 
meetings from October to April have 
been held, usually well attended. 

The State Convention was held 
in Music Hall, October 20, 1S98. 
Mrs. Daniel Manning, then the Presi- 
dent-General, D. A. R., was the guest 
of honor. A tablet has been placed 
on the front of City Hall, to com- 
memorate the battle of Fall River, 
fought May 25, 1778. Aid has been 
given the families of soldiers and 
sailors serving in the Spanish War, 
and by a chain letter Mrs. NCary P. 
Hartley raised four hundred and hfty 
dollars towards buying and niaintain- 



Quequechan Chapter, D. A. R., 
of Fall River, was organized Nov- 
ember 9, 1S95, with twenty-four char- 
ter members, by the State Regent, 
Mrs. Charles H. Green, of Boston. 
Its first Regent was Mrs. Mary J. 
Conant Neill. The charter was pre- 
sented May 12, 1S96, number 175. 
The Chapter in 1905 numbers seven- 
ty-eight members, resignations, trans- 
fers on account of removal from the 
city, and death, having taken many 
from membership. 

The Regents of the Chapter have 
been Miss Mary L. Holmes, Mrs. 
Mary P. Hartley, Mrs. Caroline E. 
Mackenzie, Mrs. Marion H. T. Read, 
(who died in office) Mrs. Emily J. 
T. Coburn, and Mrs. Annie B. Allen. 




MRS. PRISCILLA CRLXXELL 
" REAL daughter" 



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" REAL daughter" 



ing the Massachusetts Hospital Ship, Bay State. Magazines were sent to 
Guam. Money has been sent l^y the Cliapter and individuals for the 

Memorial Continental Hall fund, the 
Lafayette Memorial Association, and 
the fund for instruction of Cuban 
Teachers. Several whists have been 
given to raise money for patriotic 
work. Wreaths are placed every 
Memorial Day on the graves of eight 
soldiers of the Revolutionary War. 
Several lectures have been given on 
patriotic subjects. A model of the 
Frigate Constitution, made from 
actual measurements by Herbert M. 
C. Skimes, of Fall River, was pre- 
sented to the Public Library, ()ue- 
quechan Chapter furnishing a hand- 
some glass case with inscription. 
Several pilgrimages have been made 
to historic spots. Seventy-eight dol- 
lars and twenty-five cents was added 
in December, 1904, to the Continental Hall fund, the proceeds of articles 
contributed to the Fair held in Boston at that time. 

Among the treasures of the Chapter are pieces of wood from the old 
Hancock House, Boston, and the Washington Elm, Cambridge; a brick from 
the chimney of the Guard House in commission at the time of the battle of 
Fall River; an old pewter plate; a musket and cartridge box used in the Revo- 
lutionary War; photographs of Commissions of an officer of the Revolution, 
one signed by John Hancock ; badges from nearly every Congress since the 
Society was organized; and reports and papers of interest to the Chapter. 

On Novem- 
ber 9, 1905, the 
tenth anniversary 
of Quequechan 
Chapter was cele- 
brated by a recep- 
tion to daughters 
and their friends 
at the home of the 
Historian, Mrs. 
Cornelia Da vol. 
There was a large 
gathering present. 



FOUGHT NEAR THl 

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A SMALL COMPANY 
wfi3E ATTACKED BY filNE HUNlffft;: 'aW# 
BRfTISH WHOM THET BRAVELY REPUL! 
THIS TABLET- IS ERrCTtD BY '' '^ 

Quequechan Chapter 

DflUpHTER.S . OF. THE^AMEqtCAN RtVOi 

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Samuel a^am5 Cbapter, /iDetbuen- 

Samuel Adams Chapter, D. A. R., of Methuen, was organized in 1901, 
with thirty-tive charter members. This number has increased until the roll 
contains one hundred and ten members and it has become necessary to limit 
the membership. 





fanny farnham grant 
"reai, daughter" 



MRS. JULIA CROFUT 

"real daughter" 



Meetings have been held the third Saturday of each month, except in 
July and August, and the attendance has seldom been less than fifty, and 
usually largely in e.xcess of that number. At the meetings much business 
has been transacted, and a literary and musical program carried out. The 
interest in the aims and purpose of the organization has steadily increased. 
The December meeting has, for some time, been an open one, celebrating 
the famous Boston Tea Party. 

The Chapter has marked with bronze markers the graves of eighty 
Revolutionary soldiers ; Methuen, having always been a patriotic town, 
furnished more than her quota of men in those far off and stirring days. 
Every Memorial Day these graves are decorated with flags by a committee 
appointed for that purpose. 

In November 1902, the Chapter entertained the State Convention. 

In 1903, a highly artistic tablet bearing the insignia of the organization, 
and suitably inscribed, set in a huge, granite boulder, was erected to the 

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memory of the soldiers of the American Revolution. On June 17, this was 
dedicated with appropriate exercises. The State Regent, Mrs. Masury, and 
the Vice-President General, Mrs. Simpson, were guests of the Chapter, and 
took part in the exercises. The public schools were closed, and the citizens 
of the town and surrounding places were in attendance, the ceremonies 
being conducted in the open air. 

The Chapter took an active part in the recent Continental Hall Bazaar, 
and contributed one hundred dollars for the Wood Home for Aged People. 
Of course, in an organization of this kind, there is necessity for mutual in- 
terest and sympathy. This has always been unfailing. Members who have 
been ill have been remembered with flowers, plants, and fruit, while for those 
who have suffered affliction, the sympathetic letter has been quickly for- 
warded. 

The Regent, Mrs. L. E. Barnes, has the devoted loyalty of every mem- 
ber. She has done much for the welfare of the Chapter, and it is largely 
due to her efforts that it has been so successful. 

The Chapter has had two " Real Daughters," Fanny Farnham Grant, 
who was born May 31, 1810, and died June '21, 1903 ; and Mrs. Julia Crofut, 
born Feb. 12, 1812, and died March 8, 1901. Both of these ladies received 
a gold spoon from the National Society, D. A. R. 




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Sarab BraMee iFulton (Ibapter, ot /lDet>torC», 

was organized in November, 1896, and received its Charter the following 
December. It began with a membership of fifteen, and has steadily 
increasedTto sixty members at the present time. 

Each year since organization it has decorated the graves of Revolu- 
tionary soldiers with fiags and laurel wreaths, in the various cemeteries in 
Medford. 




MRS. CATHERINE F. SARCEN T 
" REAL daughter" 



Two tablets have been placed in Salem Street Burial Ground — one in 
memory of Mrs. Sarah ( l^radlee) Fulton, for whom the Chapter was named : 
the other in honor of New Hampshire soldiers of the Revolution who are 
buried there. 

A wooden tablet has been placed on the site of Mrs. Fulton's home 
during the Revolution. 

During the Spanish War the Chapter gave generously of time and 
money for the benefit of enlisted Medford men. Donations have been made 
to Continental Hall, but for the last four years the chief work of the Chapter 
has been the preservation of the Royall House, Medford, Stark's Headquarters 

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COKNKK Ol' I'AKLOK IN KOVAl.l. HdUSE 



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from April, 1775, to March, 1776. The house, built before 1690, and recon- 
structed in 17o'2, was becoming dilapidated, but still was stately, and pre- 
served many of its best architectural beauties. The most necessary repairs 
have been made during the occupancy of the Chapter, and progress has 
been made toward a popular movement to preserve the mansion as a place 
for exhibition of ancient furniture and relics. 

One " Real Daughter," Mrs. Catherine Sargent, is a member of the 
Chapter. On her ninety-hfth birthday the Regent visited her, and she pre- 




MRS. LUCY ANN REII) 
" REAL daughter" 

sented the Chapter with five dollars for Continental Hall, five dollars for 
Royall House Fund, and a bed quilt, which she had pieced, for the Chapter 
Fund. The last was sold and realized about ten dollars. The money given 
she earned by knitting and making quilts. 

Another " Real Daughter " was Mrs. Lucy Ann Reid, who was born 
May 5, 1805, and died January 10, 1902. 

Sarah Bradlee Fulton Chapter has prepared a unique Year Book, which 
contains many patriotic quotations. Letters were sent out to prominent 
D. A. R. members, soliciting patriotic sentiments, and the book is valuable 
for reference. 

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Sea Coast Detence Cbapter, l)ine\?av& IHavcn, 

oro-anized in 1896, with twelve meinbers, now numbers seventy. In 1908, 
the Chapter was incorporated, and that year purchased a building for its 
own use. While this building does not date back to Revolutionary times, 

it is connected 

with the local 
history of our 
village, having 
been known as 
the Mayhew 
Schoolhou se 
many years ago, 
and it is over 
half a century 
since its doors 
were closed as a 
school. Within 
this building 
have been 
placed several 
hundred an- 
tique articles, 
some two hun- 
dred years old. 
Since the Chap- 
ter's organiza- 
tion over eigh- 
teen hundred 
dollars has 
been raised and 
expended for 
the following : 
placing markers 
at the graves of 
soldiers of the 
Revolution ; 
placing a head- 
stone at the 
grave of one of 
the heroines; 
erecting a lib- 
erty pole on 
which is placed 

a tablet in commemoration of the bravery of three girls who destroyed the 
liberty pole on learning that the British in the harbor were to take it for a 
mast ; procuring flags, one floats each day from the liberty pole ; and last 
in purchasing and making needed repairs on the building. The Chapter 
regrets that it has no picture of tablet or buildins:. 

The present Regent of the Chapter is Mrs. William M. Randall. 

Note.— Mrs. Randall passed away in April. 1906. 
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MRS. \V.\I. M. RANDALL, RECENT 



Submit Clark Cbapter, H). B. 1R., 

was organized at Easthampton, Mass., December 6, 1895, with seventeen 
charter members. The first open meeting was held December 17, 1895, at 
the house of Mrs. George L. Munn, now the State Vice-Regent of Massa- 
chusetts, when Mrs. Masury presented the Charter to the new Chapter. 

Submit (Clapp) Clark, for whom this Chapter was named, was the 
daughter of Major Jonathan Clapp, of the Second Hampshire County Regi- 



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ment of the Revolutionary Army. Two of her brothers served in the army, 
likewise her husband, Lieut. Asahel Clark, and their son, Eliakim Clark. 

Being the daughter, sister, wife, and mother, of Revolutionary soldiers. 
Submit Clark was deemed eminently worthy of the honor of being the 
"patron saint " of the Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolu- 
tion which bears her name in this, her native town. 

The " Daughters " of Submit Clark Chapter have done much, in various 
ways, to keep alive interest in the early history of our town, and to rind out 

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MRS. SUSAN ANN BRIMHALI. WOOD 
" REAL DAUGHTER " 



and record the events of those times, 
to get the history of the old houses 
here, and mark spots of historical 
interest. 

For some years this Chapter 
offered prizes to those pupils of our 
public schools who should write the 
best essays on any historical event 
in which our town was interested 
during the Colonial or Revolutionary 
period. This served to stimulate the 
interest in the growing youth of our 
town in everything relating to the 
local history of that period. 

One important part of the work 
of the Chapter has been the placing 
of markers on the graves of all Revo- 
lutionary soldiers buried in the ceme- 
teries of our town, and now, each 

Memorial Day, these long-forgotten graves are decorated with laurel 

wreaths, made and placed there by members of the Chapter. There are 

eighteen graves thus marked. 

When, in 1897, our Town Fathers built a new iron bridge over the Man- 

han River, at a point where that river 

has been crossed continually since 

a time before the Revolutionary War, 

the "daughters" of Submit Clark 

Chapter placed upon the new bridge 

a marker, which tells the passing 

traveller that "This bridge, the 

sixth at this site, replaces a covered 

wooden bridge, built in 1888, from 

the town's share of the French 

Indemnity of the War of 1S1"2, and 

a donation by Samuel Williston. The 

first bridge was erected in 1742. 

The first permanent settlement in the 

town was made near this point by 

Samuel Bartlett, early in the eigh- 
teenth century. A saw-mill was built 

on the brook above in 1674." 

Submit Clark was the sfreat- 




MRS. EUNICE SMITH BAGG 
" REAL DAUGHTER " 



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granddaughter of Samuel Bartlett, the early settler mentioned above. Both 
of her grandmothers were daughters of this Samuel Bartlett. 

Another historic spot which our Chapter has marked is in our park, 
where stands the Pulpit Elm, a tree set out over a half century ago to mark 
the place over which was once the pulpit of the first church building erected 
by the early settlers of Easthampton. This elm was set out by the second 
pastor of the First Church, Rev. William Bement, and a friend of his. The 
shield-shaped marker bears the following inscription: "The Pulpit Elm. 
On this Spot Stood the Pulpit of the First Meeting-house Built in East- 
hampton, 1785." 

The two hundredth anniversary of the Pascommuck Massacre was fit- 
tingly observed May 24, 1904, by Submit Clark Chapter, whose members 
have planned to mark the place, where this massacre occurred, with a 
boulder suitably inscribed. 

Our Chapter contributed to Continental Hall Bazaar, held in Boston, 
December, 1904. Among the articles sent was a baby doll with suitable 
wardrobe and a fine cradle. The doll was christened " Submit Clark." 

The present membership of the Chapter is thirty-seven. The Chapter 
has had two " Real Daughters," both of whom have passed away, Mrs. 
Susan Ann Brimhall Wood, and Mrs. Eunice Smith Bagg, who died at the 
age of ninety-six. 

During the ten years since its organization, the Chapter has had four 
Regents : Miss Minnie Hortense Webster, Mrs. Charles H. Johnson, Mrs. 
George L. Munn, and Mrs. Caroline E. Pomeroy, the present Regent. 



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Susannab lEurts (Ibapter, ot TilHevmoutb, 

was organized in January. 1899, with thirteen members. Miss Susan C. 
Richards was the first Regent, and served two years. In naming this chap- 
ter, the members decided to honor one of the citizens of Weymouth, con- 
spicuous during the American Revolution for his ardor, activity, and zeal, 
and a liberal contributor in money, so bestowed upon it the name of Dr. 
Cotton Tufts' wife, Susannah Tufts. She was one of eleven children of Major 
Philemon Warner and Mary Prince ; was born in Gloucester, Mass., March 




SUSANNA WARNER TUFTS 



20, 1745. The Chapter received its charter Oct. 25, 1900, from the State 
Regent, Miss Sara W. Daggett. Meetings are held regularly the last Mon- 
day in each month, from September to May inclusive. Membership is now 
thirty-two. Money has been contributed to the McKinley and Wolcott 
Memorials, the Spanish War Nurses fund, and to Memorial Continental Hall. 
The Chapter's special work has been the founding of a Susannah Tufts 
bed in the Maternity Hospital, of San Juan, Porto Rico ; believing it a duty 
to give the children of our new possession a good start in life. Each year 
necessary bedding is sent for its proper maintenance, and occasionally some 
clothing for the babies. 



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Marren an& prescott Cbapter, Boston. 

Boston branch of the National Society of the Daughters of the American 
Revolution was formed December 19, 1S91, at 140 Beacon Street, Boston, 
Massachusetts, at the invitation of Miss Rebecca Warren Brown, who had 
been previously elected, in Washington, Honorary Regent of Massachusetts. 
Seventeen ladies were present. Mrs. Samuel Eliot was elected State Regent. 
Later, Mrs. Henry F. Quincy was elected Honorary Regent, the Constitu- 
tion of the National Society requiring one State Regent and two Honorary 
Regents in Massachusetts. At the second meeting, March '2S, 1S92, Miss 
Annie C. Warren was elected Chapter Regent of Boston. In May, 1892, 
the following ofificers were appointed by Miss R. W. Brown, as Honorary 
Regent: Treasurer, Mrs. F. P. Sprague ; Secretary, Mrs. Joseph E. Davis; 
Registrar, Miss Anna Shaw. 

On November 8, 1893, Miss Warren resigned her position as Chapter 
Regent, and Mrs. Samuel Eliot was elected to fill the vacancy, and has held 
the position ever since. The ofifice of State Regent having been left vacant 
by the appointment of Mrs. Eliot as Chapter Regent, Mrs. Charles M. 
Green was elected to that position, and held it until November 1, 1895, 
when she resigned on account of ill health. It was during Mrs. Green's 
term of service that the first State Conference was held, in the Old South 
Meeting House, Boston, September 25, 1895, and was most enjoyable. The 
first annual meeting of the Chapter was held November 9, 1892, and since 
then meetings have been held every month from November till April. 

The title of " Warren and Prescott Chapter" was given to the Boston 
Branch of the National Society, the title being a most appropriate one, as 
among its members were numbered many of the descendants of General 
Joseph Warren, Dr. John Warren, and Colonel William Prescott. The 
Chapter has also included descendants of Presidents John and John Quincy 
Adams, James Otis, Jonathan Trumbull, Jonathan Pxlwards, Paul Revere, 
Generals John and Jedediah Huntington, Artemas Ward, William Palfrey, 
and Benjamin Lincoln, Colonels Timothy Bigelow, Jonathan Glover, John 
Brinckerhoff, Ebenezer Moseley, Seth Pope, Jonathan Buck, Joseph Vose, 
David Cobb, and Commander Samuel Nicholson. 

The Chapter has two "Own Daughters," Lucy Barstow, daughter of 
Nathaniel Pope and wife of Roland Fish, whose father was engaged in the 
first naval action of the Revolution, as Commander of the " Success," which 
recaptured two provincial vessels from the British sloop of War, " Falcon," 
in Buzzards Bay, May 14, 1775; and Angeline, daughter of John Spering, 
and wife, first, of Allen Smith, and second, of Elisha Martin Hess, whose 

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MRS. ELISHA M. HESS 
" REAL daughter" 



father fought through the war, and 
was the last survivor of the old 
" Pennsylvania Line." 

Among the deceased members, 
whose names are held in affectionate 
remembrance, are, Mrs. George Loring 
Austin, Mrs. William Crane, Mrs. 
Charles I). Curtis, Mrs. D. C. Davis, 
Mrs. Elisha S. Converse, Mrs. Roland 
Fish, Mrs. Thomas B. Frothingham, 
Mrs. Benjamin .Stow Farnsworth, Miss 
Mary Goddard Fuller, Mrs. Curtis 
Guild, Mrs. Frederick W.Groby, Mrs. 
George Hall, Mrs. Alfred Hemenway, 
Mrs. Elisha Martin Hess, Mrs. Au- 
gustus Lowell, Mrs. Charles O'Neil, 
Mrs. George Langdon Pratt, Mrs. 
Charles H. Parker, and Mrs. George 
W. Waters. 
Papers have been read, and addresses made, before the Chapter, by 

Hon. Samuel Eliot, and many other prominent men and women. Many 

of these were illustrated by music, the stereopticon, photographs, etc. 

Reports of the Continental and other Congresses have been read by 

Mrs. Charles E. Grinnell, Mrs. William F. Humphrey, Miss Helen Tinkham, 

Miss Grace G. Hiler, etc. 

Letters have been read and 

shown from Martha Washington, 

John and Abigail Adams, Major Os- 
good, General Artemas Ward, Paul 

Revere, Hannah Winthrop, John 

Hancock, and the Warren Family, 

all belonging to members, and many 

to the descendants of those, by, or 

to whom they were written. The 

Chapter has also had the privilege of 

inspecting the splendid collection of 

autographs of Curtis Guild, Esq. On 

April 19, 1900, it was invited by 

Miss Louise Bigelow to celebrate the 

one hundred and twenty-fifth anni- 
versary of the Battle of Lexington 

at her home in Concord, and there 

was a large attendance. 

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mrs. roland i-ish 
"real daughter" 



Among the objects to which the Chapter has officially contributed are 
the Mount Vernon Library, Continental Hall, the Hancock-Clarke House 
in Lexington, the Wolcott Memorial Fund, the Maternity Hospital at Porto 
Rico, the D. A. R. Bazaar, and the Paul Revere House ; beside which, large 
sums have been contributed to these and other objects by individual 
members. 

The Chapter has published, in 1899, a Lineage Book of its members, 
and a pamphlet supplement to this in 190L 



Note. — Mrs. Samuel Eliot (Emily Marshall Otis) died very suddenly on March 6, 1906. She had 
the distinction of standing as the highest officer in the society of Daughters of the American Revolution 
in this State, being Honorary Vice-President General of the National Society. She was greatly beloved 
by all who knew her. 



"She came of noble ancestry, and 
nobly did she honor that ancestry." 



Only for a season 

Our partings are, 

Nor shall we wait in vain 

Until we meet again."' 



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TimatertoNvn Cbapter, ID. B. 1R., 

was organized January 10, 1898, by Mrs. Alice M. Silsbee, with a charter 
membership of twenty-seven, the number of members being limited to fifty. 
Some have dropped out and some have died, but new members have been 
added, so that at the present time there are forty-one. 

The Charter was presented in 1901 by Miss Helen M. Winslow, the 
State Regent at that time. The Chapter has one " Real Daughter," Mrs. 
Susan Wyeth Sawin 
Nash, who is an hon- 
orary member of the 
Chapter. 

The regular meet- 
ings of the Chapter 
are held on the fourth 
Monday of every 
month, from October 
to March. The annual 
meeting is held the 
first Monday in May. 

Since its organi- 
zation, the Chapter has 
had four Regents, Mrs. 
Alice M. Silsbee, who 
served two years; Miss 
M. Caroline Wilson, 
who resigned at the 
expiration of a month, 
and was succeeded 
by Mrs. Bennett F. 
Davenport, who held 
the ofiice for three 
years; and the present 
Regent, Mrs. Herbert E. Davidson, who is serving her third year. 

In July, 1898, the Chapter sent clothing and other articles for the 
soldiers during the Spanish War, and was active in forming a branch of the 
Volunteer Aid Association. 

From the funds raised by the Chapter, gifts have been made in aid of 
Memorial Continental Hall; the public schools of Galveston, Texas; the 
Art Fund of the public schools of Watertown ; the restoration of the Royall 
House at Medford ; the Roger Wolcott Memorial Fund ; the Watertown 
Drinking Fountain Fund; and Isaac Patten Post, G. A. R. 

The Historical Society of Watertown, a much older organization, had 
already marked the many historic sites of the town before the Chapter was 
organized. Watertown, as the meeting place of the Continental Congress, 
was filled with many stirring events during the early days of the Revolution. 

The history of the Chapter is replete with many interesting and instruc- 
tive gatherings. Its members have contributed many historical and genea- 
logical papers, and have been active and alive to their duties, with the 
result, that, although comparatively small in numbers, it has had large 
influence and usefulness in the community. 

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MRS. SARAH COOLIDGE DAVIDSON, RKliENT 




MRS. NELLIE RICE FISKE 
REGENT 



Mav?«i^e Inn Cbaptcr. 

Mrs. Nellie Rice Fiske was appointed Regent of the Wayside Inn 
Chapter, of Sudbury and Wayland, by Mrs. Charles H. Masury, State 
Regent, and received her commission from Washington, D. C, September 3, 
1904. Thirty application papers were soon sent to Washington, and 
twenty-six were accepted and returned immediately. Eleven have since 
joined, making a total membership of thirty-seven, with one honorary mem- 
ber. This Chapter was formally organized in the old P'irst Parish (Unitar- 
ian) Church, Wayland, on Thursday, December 29, 1904, by Mrs. Masury. 




WAYSIDE INN 



A social and reception to the State Regent, with refreshments, closed the 
afternoon. The first regular meeting was held on January 31, and it was 
voted to hold meetings the first Saturday of each month, from April to 
December, inclusive. Mrs. Nellie Rice Fiske and Miss Julia M. Nutt were 
chosen to represent the Chapter at the Continental Congress. 

This Chapter was presented with its Charter on Saturday, June 3, 1905, 
in the old First Parish Church, Wayland. The exercises opened by sing- 
ing of " America," Mrs. L. B. Hatch, State Chaplain, offered prayer, and 

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Mrs. Alvin R. Bailey, State Historian, spoke in behalf of the C. A. R. 
Society. An address, full of patriotism, was given by Charles Q. Tirrell, 
M. C, who was followed by Rev. Ida C Hultin, of the First Parish, Sud- 
bury. Mrs. Masury then presented the Charter, which was received by 
Mrs. Fiske. Large delegations were present from thirteen chapters, beside 
Post 63, G. A. R., Woman's Relief Corps, and Sons of Veterans. Through 
the courtesy of Mr. Charles E. Damon, S. A. R., we were presented with a 
very old etching of our " Patron Saint," which is quite valuable, also a gavel 
of historic wood, from Mrs. Sylvio M. Gozzaldi, Cambridge. Mrs. Fiske 
presented a gavel, made from a piece of the wood which was used 
in the house of her ancestor, Edmund Rice, who built one of the first houses 
in Sudbury previous to 1650, also a copy of " Memorial of Framingham's 
Bi-Centennial." 

During the year ten regular meetings have been held. The programs 
have included local history, music, and sketches of our kinsfolk. We held 
one open meeting, which the public were invited to attend, and have had 
one Field Day, visiting various historic places for which Sudbury is famous, 
each place being sketched by a member. This Chapter has a large number 
of grand-daughters of the Revolution. 

Another interesting feature is three generations in one family, all 
charter members, Mrs. Horatio Hunt, her daughter, Mrs. Sanders, and three 
grand-daughters. 



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(Siuequecban Cbapter 

admitted a third " Real Daughter " Mrs. Amy Boss Eveleth, to its ranks, in 
March, 1906. She was born in Scituate, R. I., June 2, 1816. Her picture 
appears in the Chapter sketch. 

Httleboro Chapter 

has recently admitted to membership a "Real Daughter," Miss Augusta 
Danforth, who was born in Norton, March '22, 1S41. Her father, Thomas 
Danforth, was eighty years old, when he married his third wife, Mary 
Anna Perkins, mother of Miss Augusta Danforth. 

This makes one hundred and four " Real Daughters " in the State, 
thirty-three of whom are living. 



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